Liu Yi looked at the information transmitted back from various battlefields in the past two days, and vaguely felt that the entire overall situation had been basically arranged, and it was time to enter the second stage of the decisive battle with Cao Cao.

In particular, the strategic processes on various battlefields are basically in place, and it should be possible to form further oppression on Cao Cao's forces.

However, Liu Yi did not give orders to issue combat orders to the various military horses, and allowed the generals below to play freely, without limiting the time, giving them full autonomy and letting them decide the course of the war according to the situation of their own army.

What Liu Yi needs to do now is to formally send troops from the Tiger Prison Pass to form an oppressive containment of Cao Cao's main Cao army in front of the Tiger Prison Pass. In this way, it can also achieve the speed of urging the generals on the various battlefields to advance the course of the war as soon as possible, and then the army will meet under the city of Xu to fight the final decisive battle with the Cao army, which is retreating step by step.

Let Mrs. Zhang and the Liu family go back to Liu's mansion first, and Liu Yi went directly to the court.

Seeing Zang Ba's submission to the New Han Dynasty, although Zang Ba was seriously injured and reached some terms of agreement with Cao Cao's general Xu Huang, it seems that the help and impact on the New Han Army is not too great, but Liu Yi also knows that Cao Cao's Yanzhou has ended, and Tai Shici, Gongsun Zan and other generals will definitely be able to successfully capture Jinan, seize Cao Cao's actual rear, and capture Cao Cao's actual largest supply base. As long as Yanzhou is captured, Cao Cao's general trend will be lost, and Cao Cao will also fall into a completely passive situation.

Immediately, Liu Yi gave orders to Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Xu Rong, and Hua Xiong to let the four generals be the main and deputy commanders of the vanguard army together. Each led a detachment of men and horses as a vanguard army, this vanguard army. The soldiers were divided into three routes, respectively from the Tiger Prison Pass, Bishui Pass, and Xingyang Pass. Marching in the direction of Xudu.

Among them, Liu Yi ordered Yan Liang to lead his headquarters of the 16th Army and another army with a total of 50,000 horses, and his army marched along the bank of the Yellow River in the direction of Guandu, and the soldiers were directed to Chen Liu; The other vanguard army, led by Wen Chou, consisted of the 17th Army of his headquarters and the 18th Army of Li Ling, about 50,000 troops and horses, sent troops from Bishui Pass and marched from the middle road to Zhongmu. Xu Rong and Hua Xiong. Each led their thirtieth and thirty-first armies out of Xingyang Pass and marched to Changshe.

Then, Liu Yi, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and other generals led the main army to advance subsequently, and a group of civilian officials in Luoyang were responsible for logistics and supplies. In the end, the army oppressed Xu Du in Chenliu, Changshe, Zhongmu and other places. Liu Yi estimated that Cao Cao would definitely bring in a large army. Fight with your own military horses in these three or four places. Therefore, let the armies be ready for a decisive battle with Cao Cao's army.

Liu Yi's dispatch of troops in this way was also a reminder to the soldiers and horses of the New Han Army at the same time, so that all armies could speed up the process of the war. The army that sent troops from Luoyang with Liu Yi met under the city of Luoyang. For example, Qin Jie, Chen Zhi, Wei Yan and other armies. If you want to really join forces with Liu Yi to attack Xu Du and destroy Cao Cao, then they are now. You have to do everything you can to capture Xiangcheng as soon as possible. Then march to Yingchuan, so that you can kill Xu Du. Of course, Xiangcheng is a strong city, it is extremely difficult to conquer, everything has to be done by themselves, in addition, their military horses, even if they conquer Xiangcheng, are actually not finished, because there is still Yingchuan to fight, and the terrain of Yingchuan is also quite complicated, and it is not something they can easily capture.

Another example is the military horses of Guan Yu and Ma Chao, they are still in Runan City, and Liu Yi's dispatch of troops is also tantamount to urging them, asking them to speed up the war in Runan, and then march to Yingyang.

The rest of the military horses also have such an effect, none of them want to fall behind, so they must try their best to keep pace with Liu Yi's march, only in this way can they form a situation that Cao Cao is overwhelming and irresistible.

Of course, Liu Yi also knew very well that his military horses, after leaving the customs, were estimated to be difficult, and it was impossible to open the road to Xudu in a short period of time, and there would be enough time for all military horses to go hand in hand.

Three days later, the vanguard armies of all roads left the pass almost simultaneously, and after the horses left the pass, they advanced in their respective marching directions.

Let's talk about Wen Chou of the Middle Route Army, he has been guarding Bishui Pass for many years, and he knows the situation before Bishui Pass very clearly, and his deputy general Li Ling also knows the situation of Cao Jun in front of Bishui Pass.

Cao Cao was originally the three strongest generals left Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Xu Huang in Xudu, among them, Xu Huang and Cao Cao stayed in Xudu, ready to fight at any time. Xiahoudun was the main general in the north of Xudu and against the New Han Dynasty, commanding Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest of Xudu. Xia Houyuan is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the garrison of Xudu, commanding all the military horses in Xudu City.

Luoyang has long understood these situations.

In addition, there are many generals of the Cao army, all of whom are guarding some passes to block the attack of the New Han army. And Cao Cao's troop arrangement, is also quite exquisite, the hierarchy is clear, the first road can lead to Guandu, Zhongmu, Changshe and other places, Cao Jun will build a lot of passes according to the actual situation, built countless military villages, it can be said that Cao Cao really spent countless energy and manpower to arrange the defensive force to resist the attack of the new Han army. Every pass was not something that the New Han Army could easily seize.

From Bishui Pass to Zhongmu, it is actually very close, but it is more than 100 miles. However, it was a distance of more than 100 miles, and Cao Jun arranged 200,000 or 300,000 military horses along the road, with a total of more than 30 passes and dozens of military villages that could echo each other. The other small levels are even more difficult to count.

It can be said that the current Cao army, in order to confront the New Han Dynasty, has really achieved the pattern of taking every step of the way and strictly guarding against it.

About twenty miles away from Bishui Pass, it was the first line of defense of Cao's army facing the New Han Dynasty.

This line of defense is actually the army camp when the princes of the world attacked Dong Zhuo when they marched to Luoyang, and the army advanced to the front of Bishui Pass. At that time, when the allied forces of the princes of the world were killed here, they were subjected to Huaxiong's strong resistance, and they killed several generals of the allied forces in a row, or Sun Jian was brave and killed Huaxiong, so that Huaxiong retreated to Bishui Pass, and then, Sun Jian led the army to attack Bishui Pass in order to grab the first credit, but because of Yuan Shu, Sun Jian stumbled on Sun Jian's military rations. made Sun Jianjun's heart unstable, and he was finally defeated by Hua Xiong. Even Zu Mao, one of the four generals under Sun Jian's account at that time, almost lost his life and lost an arm. was rescued by Liu Yi and became the current one-armed general of the New Han Dynasty.

Of course, in history, Sun Jian was defeated here, losing his troops and losing his generals, and Zu Mao died to save Sun Jian.

Here, it is called Wanzhong Ridge, and the surrounding area is a rolling mountain range. Although it is not too steep, it is also high and densely forested.

From it, there is a road that passes through the mountains and forests, which is the fastest and most convenient passage to Zhongmu County.

Now, Cao Jun has built a walled city here, blocking the way.

In fact, although the mountains and forests in this area are dense, there are mountains and mountains. All have relatively open areas, and there is not only one road to pass through. It's just that those roads are not easy to follow. The places they passed through were all areas that were more suitable for the ambush of Cao's army. And the scout spies of the New Han Army have long been aware of it. In the first terrain suitable for ambush, Cao's army was guarded by many different troops. Be prepared to ambush the New Han army that passes through those roads at any time.

The most ingenious thing is that even the New Han Army knew that there were no ambushes from the Cao Army in those places. But they didn't dare to pass easily. Because although the Cao army did not have so many troops to ambush the New Han army in every suitable place for ambush for many years, as long as the New Han army had any action, once the route of the New Han army was confirmed, the Cao army could quickly mobilize the military horses and enter their preset ambush position. The garrison villages they built along the road were used as ambushes to ambush the New Han army.

Therefore, even if the New Han Army knew where to pass, it would not easily risk itself and had to pass through certain roads. Because Cao Cao had already made it clear that as long as the New Han army passed through those places, he would definitely immediately send military horses, and enter the preset ambush position one step ahead of the New Han army's military horses, so that he could strike at the New Han army passing through those roads.

Although Wen Chou was not very good at using his brains, he also had to consult with Li Ling, who was more cautious in Xiwei, to determine the specific route to enter and the detailed attack strategy, and the specific places to attack first.

Therefore, now, Wen Chou and Li Ling are going to attack Wanzhongling.

Wanzhongling is not a vain cliff, but Cao Cao's choice of this place as the first pass to resist the attack of the New Han army of the enemy, as well as the main pass to fight against the New Han army at Bishui Pass, naturally has Cao Cao's reason.

In this is not too dangerous, but it is also conducive to defense, advance and retreat can be defended, in addition, near Wanzhong Ridge, there are several mountain ranges, not far from Wanzhong Ridge, but it is about two or three miles, Cao Cao built a military village on those mountains, and there are Cao Jun stationed there. Once Wanzhongling was attacked by the New Han Army, the rest of the Cao Army in the military village could quickly go to the reinforcements, and even, they could go around to the back of the New Han Army to attack the flank and rear of the New Han Army, or they could directly wave their troops to Bishui Pass, which was twenty miles away, and take advantage of the emptiness of the troops at Bishui Pass to sneak attack Bishui Pass.

In fact, over the years, Cao Cao has formed a confrontation with the New Han Army through such means. Recently, too, the Fang enemy has made several tentative attacks by the New Han army.

In addition, Cao Cao really put a lot of effort into this line of defense, and many of the weapons produced and manufactured by the military headquarters of the Xudu Imperial Court were equipped here. For example, the trebuchet, which is not as powerful as the New Han Army, and the heavy strong bow, which is also extremely lethal, and the strong bow that resembles a bed crossbow, are also equipped on the wall here.

These weapons will pose a great threat to the new Han army attacking the wall. After all, if the New Han army wants to attack and seize their line of defense, they must directly attack their wall, so that their trebuchets, strong bows, etc., can exert their power in the wall.

In addition, they have a strong bow with a long range, so they can directly attack the position of the New Han Army's trebuchet, making it difficult for the New Han Army to directly bombard their wall with a large array of trebuchets arranged on their wall. And the bed crossbow of the New Han Army, because it can only shoot directly on the flat ground, cannot threaten the Cao Army on the wall.

It can be said that under Cao Cao's arrangement, they seem to have broken the usual offensive methods of the New Han army, and avoided the possibility of letting the New Han army directly bombard their wall with trebuchets.

In fact, not only that, when Cao Cao asked people to research and manufacture a strong bow similar to a bed crossbow, he had stepped up a large number of them, and then transported them from Xuchang to various important cities and equipped them into Cao Cao's army.

This, it can be said that it really allowed Cao Cao to break the most commonly used and effective siege martial arts of the New Han Army.

But for this situation, the spies of the New Han Army also reported the situation to the New Han Dynasty as early as possible. Lewi also knew. Liu Yi didn't feel any surprise, because human beings are all moving forward, one trick is fresh, under certain circumstances, or it can be eaten all over the world, but with the development, even a tactical style of play has the possibility of being broken and restrained. There are some things that can be solved by just thinking about it with your brain.

The New Han Army has always come to this set, and when facing those princes who are weak and have no ability to produce weapons similar to the trebuchets and bed crossbows of the New Han Army, they can indeed press the other party to fight. However, in the face of Cao Cao's behemoth, many of the previous siege methods and methods may lose their effectiveness. Therefore, the New Han Army should also formulate more suitable tactics according to the situation of the enemy's opponent.

As now, it is naturally impossible for the New Han Army to set up a large array of trebuchets and advance to a distance of four or five hundred steps from the Cao army's wall to bombard the Cao army's wall. Because, the trebuchet is too bulky, and it is not easy to push. When the strong bow on the wall is fired, it can completely attack the trebuchet array, and if you still put on such a formation, it is no different from looking for death.

Even, the military formation of the New Han Army could not be pushed too close, and it was necessary to avoid the attack of the strong bow of the Cao army on the wall.

For the strong bow of the Cao army, the New Han army also obtained some of their parameters. The kind of strong bow similar to the bed crossbow of the New Han Army can fire about five arrows at a time, but it can be thrown, and its range is about a mile away, and it is also extremely powerful. This new weapon of the Cao army is indeed a rather threatening weapon for the new Han army. But fortunately, today's Cao Cao has not been fully equipped in their army, because it is not easy to fight, and when used, because some processes are not mature enough, it is easy to be damaged. A strong bow cannot be unlimited, and the time interval between each round of strong arrows should be longer.

In addition, because Cao Cao was not able to mine iron ore in large quantities like the New Han Dynasty, in the absence of iron blooms, most of the strong bows they made were made of wood, mainly made of solid wood.

This may be a place where the New Han Army can take advantage of it. (To be continued.) )