The next day, as soon as the army set off, Pengcheng Jian Yong sent someone to send an urgent letter for help: "Zhu Ling was defeated in Jucheng, and the whole army was lost by more than half, so I asked for support." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

After Liu Bei read the letter, he was shocked: "The Northern Xinjiang Army actually killed Xuzhou!" ”

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei in disbelief, almost suspecting that his ears had heard it wrong, and said loudly: "Brother Xuande, do you see clearly?" Is it the Northern Xinjiang Army or the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army? ”

Liu Bei casually handed the letter to Cao Cao and said: "Xianhe said in the letter that Gao Shun of the Northern Xinjiang Army and Zang Ba of Qingzhou will go south together with Yin Li, Wu Dun and others, and they have now forced Yangdu and threatened Kaiyang. ”

Cao Cao glanced at it hurriedly and exclaimed, "Wenbo has suffered a heavy blow and is seriously injured. ”

"His army's losses are too great, and now if he wants to stop the pace of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Xuzhou, he must immediately send troops back to help." Liu Bei said helplessly, "Brother Mengde, if the northern counties of Xuzhou are lost, the loss is not only the grain and grass, but also the Central Plains." Once the Northern Xinjiang Army advanced to the front line of the East China Sea and Pengcheng, it would not only play a great role in the rapid stabilization of Yanzhou County by the Northern Xinjiang Army, but also go north to support the Central Plains battlefield. ”

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed, with a feeling of darkness. Gao Shun's Northern Xinjiang Army, Zang Ba's Qingzhou Army, plus Yin Li and Wu Dun's troops, were able to go north to support the Central Plains battlefield with at least about 50,000 troops. If these 50,000 people are allowed to advance smoothly to the Central Plains battlefield, their own military superiority will be drastically reduced.

Now, whether Gao Shun supports the Central Plains battlefield, or Liu Bei divides his troops to return to Xuzhou, the comparison of forces on the Central Plains battlefield will change.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and asked, "Xuande, how many people do you plan to send back?" Will you personally lead the army back? ”

"I plan to let Zhou Cang lead 10,000 people back to Xuzhou in a hurry." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Compared with the Central Plains War, which is related to the fate of Sheji, the safety of Xuzhou is nothing. It is believed that with the power of Zhu Ling and Zhou Cang, it is completely possible to block the Northern Xinjiang Army in the Tancheng area of the East China Sea, so as to prevent the Northern Xinjiang Army from invading Xuzhou and going north to support the Central Plains battlefield. ”

Cao Cao gratefully patted Liu Bei's shoulder, feeling sad in his heart.

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Hanoi, Binh Ao City.

"Kill, kill the enemy, kill the city wall......" Captain Zhang Zan raised his head to the sky and roared, his sword was like a rainbow, and the thunder slashed down. A puddle of blood burst out, and the screaming heads hovered in the air, spilling patches of blood, and falling outside the city.

"Kill, ......" The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang roared like thunder, bloody weapons flew up and down, and waves of people set off layers of blood waves, roaring towards the enemy.

The spear slashed through the air like lightning, and pierced the soldier's body with a "flutter". The soldier roared in rage, took two more steps, and stabbed his enemy in the chest with all his strength before dying. The two corpses collided violently, and then they were planted down the city wall in unison.

The crossbow arrows roared, and the two enemy soldiers who rushed up the city wall howled loudly and retreated one after another, and at the moment when they fell down the wall, one of the enemy soldiers threw a spear in his hand at the northern frontier soldier who killed them. The Northern Frontier pawn was caught off guard, pierced by a spear, and fell on his back with a long and terrible scream.

There were mountains of corpses up and down the walls, and blood flowed like gurgling streams all over every heavy dark wall.

"Boom...... The roar of the ballista ...... in the deafening sound of killing, after each roar, the attacking enemy troops outside the city would fall one piece, but the crazy enemy army ignored life and death, and still stepped on the thick corpses and blood-stained ground to attack stubbornly.

The sky was full of arrows, shuttling back and forth, wantonly devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides. The boulders emitted by the catapults in the city rolled all the way in the dense array of arrows, like roaring beasts, opening their bloody mouths and pounced viciously on the bloody prey.

Below the arrow array, the trees flew in the air, the oil burned in the air, and the rows of ladders let out a terrible scream under the ravages of the trees and the oil.

On the moat, blood flowed, floating corpses were dense, and a strong fishy smell enveloped the city.

Zhang Zan fell to the ground with a bang, and on his scarred corpse, three spears trembled violently, and seven long arrows shook their bloody tails, as if they were laughing fiercely.

More than a dozen guards fell around him, and they used their flesh and blood to block the enemy who tried to rush up and cut off Zhang Zhan's head.

The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang were like hungry and red-eyed beasts, roaring, howling, and desperately killing them, protecting Zhang Zhan's body to the death.

"Drag it down, drag the general down......"

"Block them, block them with your body......"

"Ballista, ballista, shooting...... Shoot ......"

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"Boom......" There was a loud bang, and the ballista roared at close range. The soldiers on both sides were like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, falling in a blink of an eye, and several enemy soldiers standing on the battlements of the city wall floated up in the air, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

Tai Shici was covered in blood, and staggered to Zhang Zhan's body, speechless.

A fishy smell came to his face, and the bloodstained Yu Poison walked over limping with a war knife.

On the tower of the city in the distance, the drums beat like thunder, and the sound of killing soared into the sky.

"It's been seven days." Yu Poison said in a low voice, "Our casualties are too great, and it will be difficult for Pinggao to hold on like this." General Yide should be urgently alerted and asked to send troops to support. ”

Tai Shici didn't speak, the muscles on his face kept twitching, and his eyes were full of murder.

"Zhang Nan went crazy, relying on the strength of the crowd, attacking day and night, regardless of losses." Yu Yan gritted his teeth, filled with grief and indignation, "Ziyi, if we continue to fight like this, our casualties will become bigger and bigger, and we must find a way to contain the enemy's offensive as soon as possible." ”

"Yu Ban played against Yuan Xi in Chenggao. There are too many enemy troops in the direction of Guancheng, and Sima Ju himself is difficult to protect. There are more enemies in the direction of Aocang, and Koji is weak, if he could support us, he would have sent troops to cross the river a long time ago. Tai Shici shook his head, "Yide has come to the book again and again, and at present, he has no troops to adjust, so he can only hope that the Kansai battlefield will fight more fiercely, forcing Luoyang to transfer troops from the Hanoi battlefield back to Shouhangu Pass." ”

"It's too unrealistic to expect Yue Pengju to hit Hangu Pass in such a short period of time." Yu Poison smiled bitterly, "If Pinggao is lost, the army will be besieged in Henan, and we will not be able to escape the blame." Or the flying pigeon sent a letter to General Yide, asking him to send troops to support him quickly. ”

"Yide's army is surrounded by Yuan Shao's army in the Xingyang area, and the slightest carelessness may wipe out the entire army." Tai Shi Ci thought about it, looked at Yu Poison and said, "The flying pigeon passed the book to Handan, suggesting that Chang Yuchun immediately order the withdrawal of troops from Henan. ”

Yu Poison was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "Ziyi, Chang Yuchun said that before the main force takes Dingtao and Changyi, the army cannot withdraw from Henan. ”

"But the facts are here......" Tai Shici pointed to Zhang Zhan's corpse and said excitedly, "Now there are several times as many enemy soldiers under the city, and the captain of the commander has died two, and more than half of the soldiers have been lost. For the sake of the safety of the army, it is better to withdraw from Henan as soon as possible. ”

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Handan, Chang Yuchun carried his hands behind his back and slowly paced in the big tent.

Jia Xu leaned over and looked at the map on the desk, contemplating.

Sima Xu Shu of the General's Mansion held a volume of documents in his hand, looked at Chang Yuchun's back, and stopped talking. The battle of Pinggao City was fought very fiercely. Although Yue Fei made a fierce attack in Guanxi, Yuan Shao was determined not to transfer troops from Hanoi back to Luoyang, and was bent on defeating Pinggao and cutting off the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

After Zhu Ling received reinforcements, he attacked Pinggao at all costs, forcing Tai Shi Ci and Yu Poison to be in a hurry.

"Ao Cang's Koi Yi and others have heavy troops, why can't Zhang Fei send troops back to help?" Xu Shu saw Chang Yuchun turn his eyes to look at him, and hurriedly said, "Can't you even transfer five thousand people from the direction of Aocang?" ”

"The tide of battle has changed." Chang Yuchun frowned and said, "After Pharmacist Li unexpectedly defeated Puyang, Gao Gan immediately launched a counterattack. The strength of the two sides is close, and Gao Gan cannot conquer Puyang, so he must ask Yuan Shao in the direction of Aocang for help. ”

"The loss of Puyang has a great impact on the situation in the Central Plains, and we can transport troops and grain and grass in the direction of Dingtao nearby, and the speed of the fall of Dingtao will be faster. Once we can occupy Dingtao and Changyi before Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies return to help, then Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei can only retreat to Yanxian, Fengqiu, Chenliu, and Xiangyi to block our attack. ”

"Retreating to Fengqiu and Chenliu so quickly, leaving too little time for Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others to join forces to counterattack, and Zhang Fei's army is now fighting a series of bloody battles on the battlefield in Henan, and the rebels are sandwiched between our two armies, and it is very likely that they will collapse quickly, so Yuan Shao must recapture Puyang as soon as possible no matter what, and stabilize the battle line in the area of Dingtao and Changyi, so as to buy himself time to counterattack."

"But we have heavy troops stationed in the direction of Aocang. If Yuan Shao divides his troops to aid Gao Gan, our army will immediately take the opportunity to attack him again. Yuan Shao didn't dare to fight a decisive battle with us when his troops were superior, let alone when his troops were at a disadvantage, so he had not yet divided his troops to support the Puyang battlefield. Chang Yuchun looked at Xu Shu, shook his hand and said, "Zhang Fei's approach is right." Now maintaining the strength in the direction of Aocang can drag all Yuan Shao's main forces, forcing Yuan Shao not to dare to divide troops to support Puyang, so that Li Jing can hold Puyang, protect the grain and grass from the direction of Changshoujin and quickly transport it to the Dingtao battlefield, and win time for the army to quickly occupy Dingtao and Changyi. ”

Xu Shu said disapprerovingly: "Boren, if I were Yuan Shao, when it came to life and death at such a time, I would no longer consider preserving my strength, but resolutely divide my troops to support the Puyang battlefield." After receiving the news that I had divided our troops to support Puyang, the Northern Xinjiang Army would definitely take the initiative to attack, so I would steadily move forward step by step, drag the Northern Xinjiang Army, and buy time for Zhang Nan to occupy Pingao in the Hanoi battlefield. Once Pinggao was taken, the rear route of the Northern Xinjiang Army was cut off, and it immediately faced the danger of annihilation. At this moment, even if Zhang Fei breaks through and leaves, his losses will be very amazing. The crushing defeat of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the Henan Battlefield will seriously hit the morale of the Northern Xinjiang Army in capturing the Central Plains, and the Northern Xinjiang Army may also have to choose to withdraw to Jizhou in the end because of the lack of troops. ”

Xu Shu's words made Chang Yuchun fall into deep thought. (To be continued.) )