On the banks of the Bahe River, there were broken dead bodies of soldiers on both sides.

The blood had already stained half of the river's surface red, and the river was sandwiched with bright red plasma, rolling pink waves and flowing downstream.

On the banks of the river, many Huainan troops were busy carrying the bodies of soldiers from both sides that they could find into the big pit that had just been dug.

Almost all of the Huainan soldiers had blood stains on their faces and bodies, and many of them were even seriously injured and were in pain under the care of their companions.

Cao's army retreated, and a small number of seriously wounded could not be withdrawn with the army, so they were slaughtered by the soldiers of the Huainan army on the bank of the river, and then buried in a large pit.

Standing on the shore, looking at Xuchang City in the distance, Ji Ling's face was also solemn.

Originally, he thought that when crossing the river, Cao's army would not resist much at all, but he didn't expect that on the bank of the Bahe River, they encountered the fiercest counterattack since advancing towards Xuchang.

"General, can you ask the soldiers to rest for a day before marching?" Standing behind Ji Ling's side, Zhang Xun whispered to him: "The soldiers in this battle are very brave, but Cao Jun doesn't seem to be as vulnerable as we imagined. ”

"Hmm!" Ji Ling nodded, didn't speak, just answered.

When he answered this, Zhang Xun raised his arm and shouted to the soldiers of the Huainan Army on the bank of the river: "The whole army is camped and rests on the spot!" ”

After receiving the order to set up camp with the whole army, many officers and men of the Huainan Army unloaded their tents from the baggage wagons that had just crossed the Bahe River and set up camp tents on the spot.

There were fewer and fewer corpses on the riverbank, and several large pits dug by the Huainan army had been filled, forming several tall bulges.

Under the bulge, buried are the soldiers on both sides who have just experienced the last battle of their lives!

The Huainan army repelled the Cao army on the bank of the Bahe River, and at this time on the Bailu Plain, Guo Jia and Cao Cao stood on the wilderness, and behind them, there was no end in sight of the Cao army cavalry.

The Cao army on the Bailu Plain was all riding war horses, but there was not a single infantryman.

"Fengxiao, the Huainan Army will not pursue it if it comes to life." Looking at the direction of the Bahe River, Cao Cao said to Guo Jia: "Can our army take the initiative to attack?" ”

"Ming Gong is not in a hurry!" Turning his head to Cao Cao and smiling slightly, Guo Jia said to him: "Seeing that it is going to rain, wait until the sky is dark, once it really rains, it will be the time when our army will hit the Huainan army hard." ”

"Feng Xiao said earlier that when the Huainan army came to Bailuyuan for a decisive battle, would it only use a small force to attack and harass tonight?" Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao said to him: "The narrow area on the bank of the Bahe River is not conducive to cavalry combat......

"On weekdays, the narrow territory may not be conducive to cavalry combat!" Looking up at the gloomy sky, Guo Jia's eyes narrowed slightly: "The decisive battle of Bailuyuan is a sunny strategy. At the moment, I am afraid that it will rain heavily tonight, so this is the time for our army to take the initiative! ”

"War horses with four hooves, stable in the rain, Huainan army is mostly infantry, the rain is slippery and on the riverside, and it is difficult to gain a stable foothold." Without waiting for Cao Cao to ask him a question, Guo Jia had already continued: "And when marching on a rainy day, the sound of horses' hooves will be much quieter, plus the sound of falling rain, even if it is a cavalry, it can quietly kill the enemy!" ”

After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Cao Cao nodded and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, since this is the case, tonight our army will launch a decisive battle against the Huainan army!" ”

The Huainan army on the bank of the river has already set up a camp.

Ji Ling and Zhang Xun were in the tent at this time, discussing the plan for the next day's march.

"Seeing that our army is approaching Xuchang, the Cao army resists bravely, I am afraid that it will not be an overnight thing to defeat the Cao army." Sitting face-to-face with Ji Ling, Zhang Xun said to Ji Ling: "Does the general need to let people return to Shouchun and ask His Majesty to transfer grain and grass for a long-term siege?" ”

"Hmm!" Nodding, Ji Ling's brows frowned tightly, and he said to Zhang Xun: "Our army is not many in number, although most of the soldiers are soldiers who can recruit and fight well, and against Cao Jun, it is not too much of an advantage. If you storm the city, I'm afraid it will ......"

Having said this, Ji Ling did not continue, but tightly furrowed his brows, feeling a little worried about the result of this attack on Xuchang for the first time.

The Huainan army attacked Xuchang, but Xuzhou was quiet at this time, and the third batch of war horses provided by Liu Wei to Lü Bu had also been successfully delivered to Xuzhou.

On the wall of Xuzhou City, looking at the war horses that were being driven into the city by the soldiers, Lu Bu turned his head and said to Chen Gong behind him: "With these war horses, a cavalry can be built, even if Cao Cao comes again, he is not afraid!" ”

"Warm wait!" As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Chen Gong clenched his fists and said to him: "At present, the Huainan army is attacking Xuchang, Wen Hou should take the opportunity to seize Xiaopei, drive Liu Bei out of Xuzhou, and then stabilize Xuzhou in preparation for a decisive battle with Cao Cao in the coming day!" ”

"...... decisive battle with Cao Cao" Looking at Chen Gong, Lu Bu frowned, and asked Chen Gong: "Could it be that Gongtai thinks that in the battle between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, the Huainan army will be defeated?" ”

"Exactly!" Putting down the fists he had picked up, Chen Gong said to Lu Bu: "The Huainan army has advanced all the way to Xuchang, and now it is about to enter the city. But outside the city of Xuchang, there is the Bahe River barrier, and there is a place and a flat river in Bailuyuan, standing in the cavalry battle. The Huainan army lacked war horses, and even if there were few cavalry, most of them were equipped with southern ponies, which was not the same as the cavalry of the Cao army. ”

As he spoke, Chen Gong raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said to Lu Bu: "It will rain today, if there is no mistake, Cao Jun will definitely launch a general attack on the Huainan Army tonight." Both sides win or lose, only today! ”

"Gongtai means ......" As soon as Chen Gong's words were finished, Lu Bu narrowed his eyes and asked him, "Could it be that the Huainan Army will be defeated by the Cao Army today?" ”

"It's not just defeat!" Shaking his head, Chen Gong said to Lu Bu with regret: "I'm afraid that the Huainan Army will be wiped out tonight!" ”

Although he was a little stubborn, Lu Bu still trusted Chen Gong very much.

Hearing Chen Gong say this, Lu Bu's brows suddenly tightened, and he pondered for a moment before asking Chen Gong: "If this is the case, then in the near future, Cao Jun will still come to Xuzhou?" ”

"Rest assured!" Xiang Lu Bu smiled slightly, Chen Gong stroked his beard, and said to him: "The Huainan army has arrived in Xuchang, how can Cao Cao not return to the army to fight?" The two sides were evenly matched, and it was difficult for the Huainan army to break through Xuchang, and it was also difficult for the Cao army to break through Shouchun. In this way, Wen Hou will rest and recuperate from time to day, and reorganize his troops and horses to fight a decisive battle with Cao's army the next day! ”

Having said this, Chen Gong added to Cao Cao: "It's just that at the moment, Wen Hou still needs to expel Liu Bei from Xuzhou first, so as to ensure that in the decisive battle with Cao Jun, there is no one behind him!" ”

After bowing his head and muttering for a moment, Lu Bu nodded and asked Chen Gong: "In the opinion of the public platform, when is it appropriate to attack Liu Bei?" ”

"Sooner rather than later!" Holding his fists and bowing to Lu Bu, Chen Gong said to Lu Bu: "After a month, the King of Qin will send another batch of war horses, and our army has won three batches in a row, and Liu Bei has not received one, so he should be a little anxious in his heart." Wen Hou only needs to give the order to pick up the horse soldiers and hand over to the Qin King near Xiao Pei, and then stay around Xiao Pei for a day or two! ”

"Just according to the words of the public platform!" I also knew in my heart that if Liu Bei was in the Xuzhou area, once he started a war with Cao Jun, it would be difficult to say whether Liu Bei, who was angry about the loss of Xuzhou, would turn against him, Lu Bu did not refute Chen Gong's proposal, but said to Chen Gong: "This matter will be decided by the public platform!" ”

Liu Wei in Luoyang City, while recruiting troops and horses and preparing soldiers, was also thinking about doing something that no one had done in this era.

The partial battalions have all been eliminated, and now the Qin army only has the main force left.

And the main force of the Qin army is no longer the state when it was still in the Luoyang Army in the past, except for cavalry and infantry, the division is very unclear.

The main station of the class of Pu knife, Mo knife and strong crossbow soldiers have been carefully divided, and the cavalry is also divided into two categories: light cavalry and heavy cavalry.

The light cavalry of the Qin army is a relatively young army, they are not like the heavy cavalry with hard armor on their horses to carry the task of charging into battle, their tasks are only two, one is to reconnoiter before the battle, and the other is to detour around the flanks and rear.

In addition to these main station arms, Liu Wei even set up a special baggage battalion and artillery battalion.

The Qin army's artillery soldiers were naturally not the kind of artillery soldiers that used thermal weapons in later generations, and the so-called artillery soldiers were just units that quickly built turrets on the battlefield and threw huge stones at the enemy in the case of siege or confrontation with the enemy army.

The improvement of the arms has improved the overall combat strength of the Qin army, but it has not been verified for the time being.

After the partial battalion was eliminated, the three guards of the Qin army also officially became independent from the main force and became an army under the direct command of Liu Wei and managed by Deng Zhan, Zhao Yun, and Gao Shun.

As for the palace guards, even the command is in the hands of Liu Bian, Wang Liu and Wang Zhen are not so much the generals of the palace guards, but they are more like Liu Bian's personal guards.

In order to consolidate law and order in various places, Liu Wei even asked Xu Shu to select a group of soldiers with relatively weak physique from the main force, although they were much stronger than the soldiers of the partial battalion in the past, but in the overall quality of the Qin army, they could only be regarded as soldiers who barely reached the physical standard of the main force.

He organized them all into a new army called the Ujia Battalion.

This army did not undertake the task of fighting foreign enemies, but only one task, that is, to ensure the peace of the cities under Liu Wei's rule.

Once there is an enemy infiltration or internal rebellion, what the Ujia battalion has to do is to directly suppress it and nip the chaos in the bud.

The reason why this team is called the Wujia Battalion is actually very simple, just because their battle uniforms are different from the fighting Qin army.

The armor of the Qin army followed the red robe of the Han Dynasty, while the robe of the Wujia battalion was jet black.

The detailed division of the troops, what Liu Wei is thinking about in his heart is to organize a military parade of the Qin army in the near future to show the world the strength of the Qin army!