The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

Ma Yue threw off his cloak, sat down and said to Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, bring the map." ”

Dian Wei replied, hurriedly took out a map from his arms and spread it out on the table, and when the curtain was lifted, Jia Xu had already hurriedly followed, and asked eagerly before he could see the ceremony: "Lord, what is the urgent military situation in Hetao?" ”

"No, it's not the Loop." Ma Yue shook his head awe-inspiring and said, "It's Liangzhou!" ”

"Uh~~" Jia Xu sighed and said in a eating voice, "Liangzhou? ”

Ma Yue explained: "That's the case, Diao Chan spied on a piece of news that was extremely unfavorable to our army in Luoyang, and in order to ensure that the news could be delivered to the army, he reported to Longxian and Hetao at the same time with an expedited eight hundred miles!" Now it seems that the fast horse sent to Longxian should have had an accident on the way, but fortunately, Gao Shun sent a fast horse from Hetao to deliver the letter, and although it was delayed for a few days, it was not too late. ”

Jia Xu said: "Huh? ”

Ma Yue said: "If there is no news, or if it is delayed for another ten days and half a month, I am afraid that the major event will be suspended." ”

Jia Xu said in a condensed voice: "What news? ”

Ma Yue said: "Dong Zhuo coerced the Son of Heaven to send an edict to the Western Regions, and ordered Wang Yuan, the chief of the Western Regions, to join the troops of the 36 countries of the Western Regions to enter Liangzhou in the east, wanting to intercept our army's retreat!" In addition, Dong Zhuo took Zhang Ji as the assassin of the state and replaced Xu Rong to come to Liangzhou, and the five iron horsemen such as Zhong Xuan, the lieutenant of Sili, and Yang Qiu, who stayed in Fufeng, may also come to Liangzhou with Xu Rong. ”

"Wang Yuan, the chief of the Western Regions?" Jia Xu's eyes froze for a moment, and he said in a deep voice, "This must be Li Ru's poisonous plan!" Isn't this guy afraid of luring wolves into the house and poisoning Liangzhou in the Western Regions? ”

"I'm afraid of luring wolves into the room, then it's not Dong Zhuo and Li Ru!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "Xu Rong's army will soon reach Liangzhou, but the Western Regions are not far from Liangzhou, and even if Wang Yuan's Western Regions Alliance Army is cavalry, it will take at least more than a month from the convening to the expedition and then to enter Liangzhou (at that time, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions were all similar to nomads, so the preparation time for sending troops was relatively short). ”

"Report!" Ma Yue's voice fell, and a small school walked into the tent and knelt on the ground, "Longxian urgent." ”

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Speak! ”

The small colonel said: "The enemy army was found in the south and north of Longxian at the same time. ”

"Huh?" Ma Yue said, "How many people are there?" ”

Xiao Xiao said: "There are at least 30,000 horses in the south and about 10,000 horses in the north. ”

"There is such a thing!" Ma Yue flattened the map in an uproar, slammed his fist on the map, and said in a deep voice, "The 10,000 horses north of Longxian County can never be the Western Regions Coalition Army, then it can only be the county soldiers who stay in the counties!" 10,000 troops is almost the total strength of the remaining armies in each county! Generous, really generous, worthy of Xu Rong, he can abandon the counties of Liangzhou and concentrate all his forces to fight to the death with our army, hum~~"

Jia Xu's eyes were cold, and he also said in a condensed voice: "I think that the 30,000 horses south of Longxian County must be Xu Rong's army, and there are only 8,000 Sili soldiers and 15,000 iron cavalry of Yang Qiu's five cavalry stationed in the area of Chang'an Sanfu, and the rest are some county soldiers who have no combat effectiveness at all. This time, Xu Rong mobilized 30,000 troops at once, hum, that is to say, Xu Rong has already transferred the regular army of Chang'an Sanfu! ”

"It seems ~~" Ma Yue said this, took a deep breath, and said coldly, "In order to keep the foundation of Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo is really at any cost!" ”

Ma Yue's eyes showed a scorching cold flame, and he said sharply: "Xu Rong is going to fight a decisive battle with our army!" ”

Jia Xu stroked his willow whiskers under his chin and said with a sly smile: "Lord, it seems that the Eighteenth Route Kwantung Coalition Army has put a lot of pressure on Luoyang, which forced Xu Rong to have a head-on decisive battle with our army, in order to solve the crisis in Liangzhou as soon as possible, so that he can concentrate all his strength to deal with the Kwantung Coalition Army." ”

Ma Yue Huoran got up and said in a condensed voice: "Xu Rong wants a decisive battle, and this general can't ask for it!" ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Lord, now that Xu Rong has come to Liangzhou, Zhang Ji is a mediocre talent and nothing to worry about, not to mention that Xu Rong has already transferred the regular army of Chang'an and Sanfu, why not let Gao Shun lead the army out of Shangjun and threaten Zuo Fengyi!" If Xu Rong leads the troops back to the rescue, then Liangzhou can be determined, if Xu Rong does not come back to rescue, then take advantage of the situation to capture Zuo Fengyi, the front of the army to the east can threaten Hedong, Luoyang, to the west can threaten the right Fufeng, Zhikou Chang'an, when the time comes, see how Xu Rong cleans up the mess. ”

"Well, good!"

Ma Yue nodded again and again, pacing back and forth in the big tent, his eyes revealing an unprecedented look, and suddenly stopped and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, the two armies of the north and south of Longxian must not be allowed to merge into one, otherwise the situation will be extremely tricky." I personally led 2,000 iron horsemen out of the north of Longxian, to attack instead of defending, to launch a fierce attack on the 10,000 army in the north, and Xu Huang stayed in Longxian, so that Fang Yue was the main general, and Ru Fuzhi led the army to meet Xu Rong, how? ”

"My lord, this is too risky." Jia Xu's face changed, and he hurriedly persuaded, "Why don't you let General Fang Yue or General Xu Huang lead an army alone?" ”

"No." Ma Yue said categorically, "Xu Huang and Fang Yue are brave and good at fighting and have a good command of troops, and they are deeply trusted by the soldiers, but they are not decisive enough to kill, and they are even less ruthless. Wenhe, our army can't afford to lose. ”

Jia Xu sighed and said: "In this case, the lord needs to leave the banner behind, and he can lead the army with General Fang Yue's banner in general, so that it can not only deter Xu Rong, but also confuse the enemy army." ”

Ma Yue nodded and said condensedly: "According to what Wenhe said, I intend to raise troops overnight." ”

Jia Xu clenched his fists and said, "The lord cherishes it. ”

Ma Yue also hugged his fists and said: "Wenhe is precious." ”

……

In front of the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shao's army tent.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Ying, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zhan, Han Fu, Liu Dai and other warlords from all walks of life gathered together, and the scene that should have been high-minded talk was extremely dull at this time, and everyone looked gloomy and distracted. When the warlords were relatively speechless, they suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and a small colonel had already galloped into the big tent.

"Report ~~ Guangling is too guarded by Zhang Chao and Shanyang is too guarded by Yuan Yu and defeated again!"

"Huh?"

"What!"

"Damn ~~"

"This Lu Bu and Zhang Liao are really difficult."

On the night of six days ago, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao each led an army out of the Tiger Prison Pass, and set up camps on the left and right sides of the Kwantung Allied Army camp.

Then, the development of the situation became more and more unfavorable for the Kwantung coalition forces.

Lu Bu and Zhang Liao actually began to dig and pile up soil mountains in the camp, and built high turrets on the earthen hills, and arranged good archers on the high turrets, and kept firing arrows into the Kwantung military camp and outside the camp day and night, and the Kwantung army could not shuttle back and forth in front of the camp, nor could they go out of the camp to assemble and practice, and it was said that there were soldiers who died under the bows and arrows of the thief army, which was really miserable.

Yuan Shao immediately dispatched troops and launched an attack on Lu Bu and Zhang Liao's camp!

However, this time, Yuan Shao did not let his soldiers go into battle, Ju Yi repeatedly asked for war was rejected by Yuan Shao, and within six days after that, Yuan Shao successively dispatched Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Sun Taishou Yuan Yi, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang and other thirteen princes to send troops, but they all returned.

When the princes of all walks of life looked at each other head-on and did not dare to speak, Cao Ying, the Taishou of the county, suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that my tiger and leopard are not in the camp. ”

"Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others have brave and unscrupulous horses, what is the way?" Cao Ying's voice fell, and Ju Yi, who was standing behind Yuan Shao, couldn't hold back any longer, and stepped forward and shouted, "Lord, please take the lead in the camp to fight, if you can't break through the camp of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, I am willing to thank myself." ”

Yuan Shao was in a hurry and was about to stop it, but Cao Ying, who was on the side, had already said with a smile on his face: "At the beginning, it was rare for General Ju Yi to understand righteousness and not be afraid of strong enemies, so why not order him to go to war and boost the demeanor of the Hebei army?" If this battle is won, it will definitely boost the morale of the Kwantung Army, and the Tiger Prison Pass can be taken down in one fell swoop. ”

The rest of the warlords echoed each other, and Yuan Shao had no choice but to agree.

……

On the banks of the Weishui River.

Xu Rong's army of 30,000 was marching along Weishui towards Hanyang County.

Zhong Xuan rode his horse to Xu Rong and persuaded: "General, there are many harms and no benefits in going to Longxian here, the most prudent strategy should be to drive the division westward, go to Longxi to join Gongzi Huang's army, and then stick to waiting for reinforcements and wait for the Western Regions Alliance to come to help, instead of going north to Longxian to fight a decisive battle with the horse butcher." ”

Xu Rong frowned and said: "Sir, you don't need to persuade anymore, since the military order of the lord in Longxian County in the north is not to be disobeyed." ”

Zhong Xuan persuaded again: "The general is outside, the king's order is not affected, the lord is far away in Luoyang, and he doesn't know the actual situation in Liangzhou, the general should not blindly obey." ”

"Sir, that's a mistake." Xu Rong's face sank, and he said, "Mr. strongly advocates avoiding Longxi and waiting for the Western Regions Alliance to come to help, but it is only from the situation in Liangzhou, while the decision of the lord is from the overall situation, how can the two be compared?" Sir, if the lord is defeated and Luoyang falls, even if our army wins the battle of Liangzhou, what is the point? ”

Zhong Xuan sighed and was silent.

Xu Rong's tone slowed down and said: "The lord is under a lot of pressure in Luoyang, and the war in Liangzhou~~ can't afford to drag it on." ”

Zhong Xuan nodded and responded: "I understand, since the decisive battle is unavoidable, I thought that I should join forces with Huang Fujian's army on the North Road as soon as possible, so as not to be broken by the horse butchers and lose their troops in vain." ”

Xu Rong nodded and said: "Sir's intention, coincides with this general, this general has sent someone to send a letter to Huang Fujian, ordering him to lead the army south to join our army, if nothing else, our army, Gongzi Huang's 8,000 elite soldiers, and Huang Fujian's North Road army should be in Longxian County." ”

……

Three days later, the herding horse wasteland.

The Horse Ranch Wasteland is located in the middle of Wuwei County and Hanyang County, with a radius of hundreds of miles, and there are many horse thieves in the desert.

Ma Yue bent down and lurked in the artemisia grass more than one person high under the escort of Dian Wei, Jutu and more than ten cavalry soldiers, hundreds of steps ahead, the black oppressive army swept south like ants across the wasteland, this army lineup is quite rigorous, the strength is about 10,000, and it is divided into left, center, right, front and rear five armies in a regular marching array.

The left and right armies were both cavalry, each with more than 1,000 horsemen.

The front army was pikemen, the rear army was sword and shield soldiers, each with more than 1,000 people, and the Chinese army was composed of heavy soldiers, hoplites and archers, accounting for nearly half of the entire army.

"Poof!"

Ju Tu spit out a stalk of grass in his mouth, turned back to Ma Yue, and said: "Lord, the enemy army has at least more than 2,000 cavalry, as well as archers and heavy infantry, which is not easy to deal with." If we attack from the front, even if we can break through the enemy position, our army is afraid that it will suffer heavy casualties. ”

"Not necessarily!" Ma Yue looked at the gradually darkening sky, and suddenly a trace of inexplicable coldness flashed in his eyes, and said in a condensed voice, "Victory is not by reasoning, but by fighting!" Whether this battle can be won or not depends on the adaptability of the enemy's commander, hehe. ”

Ahead, Dong Zhuojun is in the army.

Huangfu Jian raised his right arm leisurely and said loudly: "The whole army stops advancing and camps on the spot." ”

……

Long.

Xu Huang's temporary residence.

Jia Xu said to Xu Huang with a solemn expression: "General Xu Huang, whether this battle is won or lost, the key lies in whether Longxian can hold it!" If Longxian is lost, then everything will be over, and all the calculations of the army division will be in vain, if the general can hold Longxian for at least half a month, the army division will be able to make Xu Rong lose and lose a piece of armor. ”

Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, Yue will never be dishonored." ”

"Hmm." Jia Xu was still not at ease, and once again earnestly admonished, "General and remember, five thousand soldiers are all the troops you are defending Longxian, no matter how critical the situation is, even if there is only one general left in Longxian County, this army division will never send a single soldier to reinforce it." ”

Xu Huang said angrily: "But there is a general, even if Xu Rong's 100,000 army comes to attack, he will also teach him to return." ”

Jia Xu said in a condensed voice: "Okay, then please ask the general." ”

Xu Huang hugged his fists and said, "Please rest assured." ”

Jia Xu nodded, turned around and floated away.

……

Hetao, Ma Yue old camp.

Gao Shun said to the frustrated: "Sir, the lord sent a book in an expedited manner of 800 li, and ordered the last general to lead 8,000 elite horsemen south out of Shangjun and threaten Zuo Fengyi, and the old camp of Hetao will ask Mr. ”

Frustrated: "General, please rest assured that the expedition, Bison Ferry and Caisangjin are all under the control of our army, and there are scouts patrolling along the river without interruption, and there are many of our troops in the counties of the state, and the state army but any wind and grass are not trying to escape the eyes of our army!" The Hetao is as stable as Mount Tai's ear. ”

"Hmm." Gao Shun nodded, and said, "If the situation is critical, you can quickly send a message to Mobei and ask the two generals Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang to lead a light cavalry to help." ”

Frustrated, he said, "I'll take care of it." ”

……

Horse Wasteland.

Under the faint starry sky, piles of bonfires were lit on the empty wasteland, and soldiers lay all over the fires. In addition to the soldiers on vigil, Huang Fujian's 10,000-strong army had quietly fallen asleep. In this hot summer, no one wants to stay in a stuffy tent.

In the middle of the campsite, Huangfu Jian pillowed the back of his head, looking up at the starry sky in a daze.

Shrinking the force to concentrate on defending a few major cities was a last resort, and Huang Fujian did not have a different opinion, but he could wave his army south to Longxian to join Xu Rong's main army, but Huang Fujian was a little puzzled. Huangfu insisted that the 10,000 troops under his command would stay in Anding or Beidi and threaten the rear of Ma Yue's army, which was far more threatening than throwing into the decisive battle in Longxian.

Huang Fujian's 10,000 troops, most of them are made up of patchwork of county defenders, except for the 2,000 cavalry led by Zhang Ye Taishou Guo Hao, which can be called elite, the rest of the 8,000 soldiers are county soldiers who have never been on the battlefield.

However, although Huang Fujian did not understand Xu Rong's military orders, he still strictly implemented them.

"Gedada~~"

When Huangfu Jian was thinking about it, he was suddenly awakened by a rapid sound of horses' hooves, sat up in shock, and rode a fast horse that had gone straight to the Chinese army. Suddenly, the rider had already rushed to Huang Fujian, rolled the saddle and dismounted and said quickly: "General, horse thief, the patrol has been attacked by horse thieves. ”

"Well, horse thief?" Huangfu Jian frowned lightly and asked in a deep voice, "How many people are there?" ”

"There are more than 100 rides."

"More than 100 rides?"

Huang Fujian's eyebrows became more and more frowned, Liangzhou has always been infested with horse thieves, this matter is not surprising, but the horse thieves attack the official army patrol is a bit abnormal! Under normal circumstances, horse thieves will only attack passing caravans, or ride and plunder defenseless villages, and rarely take the initiative to provoke the official army, and it is even more unique for a horse thief team of more than 100 people to dare to provoke the official army.

"General Huangfu, what's going on?"

"What's going on?"

"Is it an enemy attack?"

When Huang Fu Jian was in shock, several concerned greetings suddenly sounded in front of him, and just listening to this voice, Huang Fu Jian knew that it was Li Ju, Guo Hao, Li Bei, Li Xian and others who had arrived. Huang Fujian's eyes couldn't help but pass a trace of gloom, although he was the chief general of this army, it was only in name, and many things were not decided by him alone.

Especially the young and vigorous Beidi Taishou Li Jiao, relying on a bit of brute strength, and the only son of Dong Zhuo's henchman Li Xuan, he is even more domineering, and he likes to go against Huangfu Jian the most! This time he went south to Longxian, Huang Fujian originally wanted to go to Ding'an, and the distance to Anding was twice as far, but the cities were dense along the way, and in case of accidents, he could immediately defend the city.

But Li Ju wanted to propose to enter Hanyang directly from Wuwei, and also brought out Xu Rong's military order to suppress Huang Fujian, but Huang Fujian had no choice but to agree. As a result, an army of 10,000 marched headlong into the uninhabited horse grazing wasteland, infested with horse thieves.

After asking the reason, Li Ji couldn't help but move in his heart, secretly thinking that this was a perfect opportunity to seize the command of the army, and said angrily at that time: "What, a mere thief dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head? It's worth it! Where is Lee? ”

Li Bei took a step forward and said quickly, "What does my brother command?" ”

Li Zhigen ignored the existence of Huang Fujian, and suddenly ordered: "Immediately order five hundred cavalry, find this group of horse thieves and kill them all." ”

"Wait!" Huangfu couldn't bear it, and finally shouted, "At this time, the enemy's situation is unknown, do you know if it is not a plan to tempt the enemy?" And don't act rashly. ”

"The enemy's plan to lure the enemy?" Li Zhi said hungrily, "The horse butcher's army is now in Longxi, and it has been cut off by Gongzi Huang's iron cavalry, and now it has fallen into the predicament of advancing and retreating. ”

"You~~" Huangfu turned to Zhang Ye Taishou Guo Hao angrily, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Guo, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Ye guarded Guo Hao, is the cousin of Dong Zhuo's general Guo Yan, although he is a county guard, but he is cowardly, timid and afraid, the two thousand cavalry guarding the Shandan Army Horse Farm were originally under his command, but after the three counties were combined, the young and vigorous Li Bie and Li Xian brothers soon became the leaders of the two thousand cavalry.

Li Ju also set his eyes on Guo Hao, and said with a smile: "Uncle, what do you think? ”

"Uh~~" Guo Hao shuddered excitedly, and said continuously, "Li Zhixian's nephew is reasonable, such a horse thief is very hateful, and he should send troops to destroy him." ”

Huangfu Jian sighed, shook his head, and said nothing more, Li Bi glanced at Li Bei, Li Bei understood, turned around and walked away, and in less than a moment, Li Bei ordered five hundred cavalry and swept towards the vast and dark wasteland in front of him, and soon, the sound of tidal hooves gradually faded away and became inaudible.

(To be continued)