Wen Chou knew the power of Ma Chao's cavalry, and at the moment he relied on an army of 70,000 to defend Jiyin City and refused to fight. Ma Chao had just crossed the river, and he was extremely lacking in large-scale siege tools, so it was unwise to storm Jiyin. But Ma Chao's biggest advantage is that he completely controls all the resources in the north, and the quantity and quality of the cavalry in his hands are incomparable. And Yuan Shao, Cao Ying and others blocked the war horse trade because of Ma Chao, and the number of cavalry under them was very small.

Half of the 80,000 troops here are cavalry teams, and in order to maximize the mobile advantage of the cavalry, Ma Chao did not attack Jiyin, but divided the troops into three ways. First of all, a large camp was set up on the edge of the Yellow River fifty miles north of Jiyin City, so that the military supplies and resources from the north could be continuously transported into Yanzhou, especially the sharp weapons such as Xiangyang cannons and beds. Subsequently, the 40,000 cavalry was divided into two teams, led by himself and Zhao Yun, with the intention of penetrating deep into the hinterland of Yanzhou to harass the enemy's tactics and hold off the main force of Liyi.

After setting a strategic plan, Ma Chao handed over the task of guarding the camp to Guo Jia and Gao Shun, as well as Cheng Jian and Zhao Fu, who were in charge of the water transportation of the Yellow River, and he coordinated Zhao Yun to lead 20,000 cavalry to detour to the eastern county town. It was intended to drag down the main force of Koji Yi, so that Lu Bu, who was holding back his stomach, had a chance to fight Cao Ying.

Dongjun is only a hundred miles away from Jiyin, which is an hour's journey for the cavalry troops. The 40,000 cavalry divided their troops into two ways and went straight to the Dongjun City, and just halfway through, Koji Yi, who was attacking the Dongjun City, got the news. Lu Yi didn't dare to use his infantry to fight against Ma Chao's cavalry, and when the task of attacking Dongjun was handed over to Cao Ying, he himself immediately withdrew his troops and tried to fight Ma Chao with the large camp fortifications.

Before the army arrived, the danger of the eastern county city was alleviated. Ma Chao couldn't help but have a headache after learning through the scouts that Koji had no intention of fighting, Koji had heavy troops in his hands, and if he blindly avoided the battle, he really didn't dare to attack Koji's base camp.

After pondering for a while, Ma Chao felt that instead of taking the initiative to rush for battle, it was better to take advantage of the emptiness of Yanzhou's troops to recover the cities in the west of Yanzhou, and recover the land west of Juye and Shanyang in one fell swoop, and see if you can still defend the camp?

Having made up his mind, Ma Chao's soldiers divided into two routes, and he personally led 20,000 cavalry to station between Jiyin and Dongjun, and could send troops to attack Liyi at any time, so that he would not dare to attack Dongjuncheng. Zhao Yun and the surname Cao led 20,000 troops to reroute to Zhencheng, and the 20,000 iron horsemen brought up the smoke and dust all the way, and no one dared to be their edge wherever they passed.

Yanzhou has been in war for a long time, and has been occupied by Liu Dai, Cao Ying, Lü Bu, and Yuan Shao. In this way, Zhao Yun only took three days to recover Zhencheng, Dingtao and other counties without spending a single soldier, and the army approached Liangdu, where Yuan's army was hoarding grain.

However, these cities really don't have much significance, and there is not even food in the city except for the county soldiers who maintain law and order, and if they divide their troops to guard them, they will only disperse their own forces, so Koji Yi also did not divide troops to guard these cities that are of little significance. But Liangdu is different, this place is close to Yu and Yangzhou, which is a springboard for Liyi to invade Yanzhou, and it is also a place heavily guarded.

After getting the news, Koji Yi of the turtle camp immediately became anxious, Liang Du is not an ordinary city. It was not only a place to hoard grain, but also the gateway to Yuzhou, once the Liang was broken, his army would be cut off from supplies, and Yuan Shao would never let him go, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

After thinking about it, at Cao Ying's suggestion, Lu Yi decided to besiege Wei and save Zhao, and the surname Suo temporarily gave up attacking Dongjun and united Cao Ying to send troops to help Yin. If you can kill Ma Chao's army, and then cross the river to capture Baima, Wuchao and other places, you can drive straight into Jizhou, which is empty of troops, and force Ma Chao to wave his army to rescue.

Subsequently, Lu Yi divided 30,000 troops and handed them over to Cao Ying, so that he could guard against Lu Bu in the city of Dongjun. Cao Ying also hated Ma Chao to the core, and then handed over the 30,000 people to the generals Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, and handed over the heavy task of preventing Lu Bu's counterattack to the two, and he led the main force of the army and Liu Bei, Gongsun Zhan's troops and Koji Yi to enter Jiyin together.

In less than half a month, the two mobilized 100,000 troops to advance to Jiyin, intending to annihilate Ma Chao's main force crossing the river and attack the hinterland of Jizhou in one fell swoop. Ma Chao was overjoyed when he learned of the movements of the two, and transferred the surname Suo back to Zhao Yun, and at the same time transferred Huang Zhong, who was stationed in Wuchao, to the big camp, and concentrated all his forces to confront the Yuan Cao coalition army.

In the middle of May 194 A.D., the northern land was already in full bloom, and the long-lost green covered the land of China here. At the time of spring ploughing, a large area of fertile land in Yanzhou was uncultivated, and everything was depressed, full of a strong atmosphere of slaughter.

The combined army of Liyi and Cao Ying was 100,000 troops, plus the troops under the command of Wen Chou, Li Feng, Lü Kuang, Lü Xiang and others in Jiyin City, there were nearly 200,000 Yuan and Cao allied troops concentrated in just one county, and if they were allowed to break through the Yellow River defense line and attack Jizhou, the consequences would be unimaginable.

For this reason, Ma Chao had to pay attention to it, and while urgently ordering Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian to transport the military supplies hoarded in Baima into the camp, he made every effort to prepare for war. However, Cao Ying and Liyi obviously did not want Ma Chao to gain a firm foothold south of the Yellow River, and the army rushed out as soon as they arrived in Jiyin, concentrating an army of 150,000 to attack the Jiyin camp.

Although Ma Chao was a little caught off guard, he had no reason to be afraid of war, and led an army of 100,000 to battle with generals such as Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, and Cao.

The two armies fought thirty miles south of Jiyin City, and the combined armies of the two sides were nearly 300,000, which was enough to be comparable to the major battles such as the Battle of Muye, the Battle of Julu, and the Battle of Changping in history.

In front of the two armies, Ma Chao was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, holding the Heavenly Dragon Halberd and standing side by side with Huang Zhong. On the left and right are Zhao Yun, who is wearing heavy armor, wearing a black iron helmet and holding a steel gun, Zhao Yun, who is wearing heavy armor, wearing a black iron helmet, and holding a steel gun, these two people respectively command the most elite heavy cavalry and heavy infantry under Ma Chao, while Cao surnamed and Zhao Fu are responsible for commanding the conventional combat troops.

The 100,000-strong army was lined up, with the cavalry in front and the infantry behind, with bright armor, neat military appearance and high morale. Although the equipment of the Yuan Cao coalition army was far inferior to that of the Ma Chaoda army, it was outnumbered and powerful, and its momentum was not weak at all, but it faintly gained the upper hand.

Cao Ying rode the claw Huang Feidian, leaned on the heavenly sword at his waist, glanced around coldly and couldn't help sighing: "The Ma Chaoda army is well-equipped, and they are all brave and good at fighting, and their combat ability far surpasses our army!" However, our army has a large number of generals and is well prepared, and if we command it properly, we may not have no chance of victory! ”

Lu Yi beside him also nodded and said: "Ma Chao has been taking the elite route for several years, and the incentive system in the army is extremely perfect, and the soldiers under his command are willing to work for him. However, Ben will also be prepared, and this time he will definitely be able to break the undefeated myth of Ma Chao! After that, he continued with deep meaning in his eyes: "Cao Gong's fierce generals are like clouds, I don't know if anyone can defeat Ma Chao?" ”

Cao Ying smiled and said: "Ma Chao is just a child's ambition, I have been prepared this time!" Saying that, he turned around and shouted: "The decisive battle is imminent, who dares to fight Ma Chao?" If you can win, it will be a great achievement! ”

Before the words fell, only a voice shouted: "Ma Chao's thief has a common enmity with a certain family, and the last general is willing to go out to fight and cut off Ma Chao's head and dedicate it to Cao Gong's account!" ”

Everyone fixed their eyes and saw that this person was nine feet long, with phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, long hair and chest, riding a yellow horse, holding a green dragon glaive knife, not angry and self-assured, it was Liu Bei's general Guan Yu.

Ko Yi and Wen Chou were full of disdain, they didn't know Guan Yu's bravery, but they knew that Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong were all fierce generals who could defeat Lu Bu, and they didn't believe that Guan Yu could have such ability. Cao Ying was overjoyed, he deliberately brought Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan this time, the purpose was to use the residual strength in the hands of the two to fight against Ma Chao, and immediately said: "The generals concerned couldn't be better to fight!" After that, he turned around and drank: "Bring the wine, I want to personally march for General Guan!" ”

Guan Yu ignored Liu Bei, who was frowning, and hugged his fists and said: "Thank you Cao Gong for your kindness, it's not too late to drink after the last general beheads Ma Chao!" As he spoke, he lifted the reins of the horse and went straight to the front of the two armies, and shouted: "Ma Chao'er, listen well, Guan Yu is here, dare to come and fight to the death!" ”

Ma Chao is not afraid of Guan Yu at all, he has already figured out Guan Yu's path last time in Xiaopei, after thinking about it for several months, he already has a way to win in his heart, and when he mentions the halberd, he will fight in person. At this moment, I only heard Huang Zhong step forward and say: "The lord is also the heavy responsibility of the main general, and he is a big cause of the system, how can he easily go to war?" Just one Guan Yu handed over to the last general! ”

Ma Chao's heart moved, knowing that Huang Zhong, who was in his sixties, could still fight with Guan Yu, who was in his forties, and almost shot Guan Yu, Huang Zhong was not yet fifty years old, and it was the peak of military generals, and Guan Yu was only in his thirties, and his experience was definitely not as good as Huang Zhong. Immediately said: "In this way, there is Lao Hansheng, this person and Zhang Fei are Liu Bei's right-hand men, last time the general personally beheaded Zhang Fei, if Hansheng can take Guan Yu, Liu Bei will be difficult to become a climate!" I don't know if Hansheng can be sure? ”

Huang Zhong frowned, clenched his fists and said: "The end will be eighty percent sure that he can defeat Guan Yu!" But it is not easy to kill it in front of the two armies! I don't know if the lord has a good plan? ”

Ma Chao said confidently: "This person's martial arts are more powerful, although the power is great, but it consumes great physical strength, if Han Sheng fights with him, he must not be in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, he should deal with him first, and then shoot with a bow and arrow when his strength is not strong!" In addition, it is necessary to guard against its drag knife meter! ”

Huang Zhong nodded, and with the Dragon Bird Sword, he went straight to the front of the two armies, shouting loudly: "How can a nameless person dare to challenge my lord? Let's go through Huang's level first! ”

Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes were confused, but his heart was full of fighting spirit, Huang Zhong had seen the battle against Lu Bu in the Tiger Prison Pass with his own eyes, and he himself had fought with Lu Bu and had never been convinced by Lu Bu, how could he be frightened by Huang Zhong? At the moment, he said: "An old soldier before a horse dares to come to the throne, I really don't know whether I am alive or dead!" It's not too late to behead you first and then cut off the horse! As he spoke, he began to secretly accumulate strength, and before he finished speaking, he took the lead in launching an offensive, and the eighty-two-pound Qinglong Yanyue Knife slashed straight towards Huang Zhongding's door, and the wind was howling. (To be continued.) )