Yingchuan, Dingling.

Yuan Shaojun's attack on Dingling has not stopped, the difference is that the offensive is more intense or more relaxed, Dingling and Runan are the throats of Cao Cao's eastward and Yuan Shao's westward advance, even if Yuan Shao does not attack, Cao Cao will expand eastward after slowing down.

Dingling City is composed of Dingling, Kunyang, Wuyang three close to each other's urban agglomerations, Li Jin, Li Dian and Cao Hong are stationed in the three cities respectively for each other's horns, a total of 120,000 defenders and 20,000 cavalry, the attacking side is the trial legion, the Zhang Jaw corps and the Pan Feng legion, a total of 130,000 infantry and more than 20,000 cavalry, tens of thousands of auxiliaries.

The headquarters of the trial is in the direction of Zhaoling in the east of Dingling, Pan Feng is in the direction of Xiangping in the north, and Zhang Jaw is in the direction of Xiping in the south, which is not only an attack, but also a defense.

The three of them set up camp in each of these three directions, and the three camps were connected by cavalry, and every day they would take turns or simultaneously attack Dingling, real or fake.

The trial also thought about using earthen fortifications and trenches, but the manpower was a little insufficient, if the defense line was too scattered, and worried that the Cao army would raid each one, so it was always only on an offensive surface to make a fuss, nearly a year later, the trial and others actually built three more fortresses on the periphery of Dingling, and the two sides relied on the fortresses to attack and defend.

Cao Jun is not blindly defensive, once there is any flaw on the side of the trial, Li Jin will also launch a counterattack, taking the opportunity to take advantage of it, and what is more lively is naturally the Inhuman troops of the two camps.

There are a large number of high-bounty missions issued in the city camps on both sides, all for the purpose of strangling the aliens and scouts of the opposing camp, and Yuan Shao's side has issued a large number of infiltration and harassment missions, and the same is true in Runan City, the purpose is to attack Cao Cao's logistics passage through the Tongbai Mountains.

The contention between the two sides is also focused on these two directions. One is the north passage from Wuyang to Wuyin, and the other is the south passage from Runan to Pinglin, and the number of players hanging up every day on the two passages of one south and one north in Tongbai Mountain is quite considerable, and this is also a crucial battle around the sabotage and counter-sabotage battles of these two passages. Sufficient attention has been paid to both sides.

"Captain, are we still setting up an ambush on the front line today?"

"Of course not, can you use your brains and ambush others there every day, so that others will not set up ambushes there to ambush us? Soldiers are impermanent, and we cannot allow our opponents to grasp our laws. Don't understand this? ”

"Uh, the terrain is so good, it's a bit of a shame1

"This isn't a jungler, you still want to be stuck and can't be a monster, cut 1

"Captain, ignore him, this guy has a problem with his brain, and there is news from the scout in front. There seemed to be signs of human activity on the hills to the north, not like friendly forces. ”

"It's not like an ally, it doesn't have today's identifiers?"

"Yes, but it's not marked."

"I didn't expect that there were still hidden traitors on our side, damn it, Yingzhou is about to collapse completely, and these guys are still unrepentant. Damn 1

"Why are you repenting or not, captain, it's just for money, and you won't find anyone to sell news anyway."

"Fortunately, we still have a hand, in that case, let's see if we can make a counter-ambush, but how can we find the location of their ambush?"

"It seems that there is really no way to do this, so I can only send people to find it, or I will rely on luck."

The captain pondered for a moment, and now the enemy must be lying in ambush nearby. They may have entered the other party's sight, no, they must have entered, and if the traces left on the top of the mountain were bait, there was no reason why they should not pay attention to the top of the mountain. Think deeper. Leaving a mark on the top of the hill is to paralyze oneself and make oneself think that it is safe to have one's friendly forces to the north, and then one will continue west along the valley, and will ignore the vigilance of the north, so that the enemy must be ambushing a little further north.

"Everybody come here, let's do this"

A team of more than 100 people led by a dozen players is relatively scattered in the valley and walks slowly, this way of marching is a method summed up by the guys in mountain combat, once encountered, the scattered formation is easier to dodge the attack, and the bad thing is that it will reduce the team's formation bonus.

It was quiet in the deep forest, except for the birds that didn't know where to hide.

Suddenly, a strange roar broke the silence of the valley, and the soldiers and players walking at the bottom of the valley almost subconsciously squatted towards the grass on the side, and the shield was also raised above their heads, and the reaction was not unpleasant, but the crossbow arrow was followed by a large piece of paper runes, judging from the position where the paper runes were thrown, the enemy's hidden locations were also scattered, and the distance was not far.

"Stand back, stand back, there's an ambush 1

"No, there is an enemy behind you who has cut off the road1

"Assemble forward in formation1

"Beware of possible trap 1 ahead

The ambushed people were in confusion, and the players in the ambush suddenly pressed forward, and they could be seen running through the woods on the mountain.

"Formation, assault 1 from the way you go

Suddenly, the players who were still flustered just now quickly formed a shield formation, and then rushed towards the way they came, and there were not many people blocking the road from the ambushers, and they were a little panicked when they saw these players suddenly forming a formation, and at this moment, a rain of arrows suddenly flew from behind them, and suddenly put down these ambushers who were ready to block the road.

It turned out that the captain just now had already divided a group of snipers with high shooting skills and good at hiding behind his team, and when the other party tried to block the road and encircle him, this team of hunters suddenly played an important role.

Under the front and rear attacks, the team blocking the road was suddenly scattered and defeated by the frontal charge, and the ambusher became the ambushed, and those players saw that the situation was not good, and immediately stopped the downward rush, turned their heads and fled along the hillside, and the players who successfully counterattacked immediately pursued along the valley floor.

It's just that the ambushers have long since dispersed and fled, and the remaining stragglers who have lost their owners have been captured.

In this fierce confrontation, there is not only the risk of loss, but also the joy of harvest, some upgrades and some downgrades, more importantly, we have exercised the ability to fight in the mountains, as well as the combat technology under the complex terrain, especially the command technology, the tug-of-war in the Tongbai Mountains for a year, has really refined the tactical masters among several players.

At the end of July, Yuan Shao personally went to Zhaoling, ready to go into battle shirtless to try to capture Dingling.

The generals who participated in the Battle of Dingling were summoned to Zhaoling for a meeting, which was also attended by Yuan Shao's own staff group.

The review introduced the Dingling area and the battle situation in the northern passage of Tongbai Mountain in detail, so that everyone had a comprehensive understanding of the current situation.

"The battle in the northern passage is particularly fierce, of course, this is also inseparable from the established strategy of the lord, although there is no obvious advantage in the competition in the mountains now, but the attack of the aliens still caused a certain interference to the logistics line of the Cao army, and now the scale of the battle is not large, and it cannot be reflected for the time being, but if our army goes all out to attack, the Cao army is bound to increase troops to Dingling, and the problems on its logistics line will become more and more serious."

Yuan Shao stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction, he was still very proud of his decision to use the alien to attack the north and south passages of the Tongbai Mountains, in fact, these raiding tasks seem to have a high reward, but in fact, there are not many people who can really complete the task in full, and the main object of the merit points accumulated by the alien is the skill card, summoning card and the like, these things Yuan Shao's troops would have produced when they trained and brushed copies, Yuan Shao only had to tilt it a little, and give these things priority to the aliens, as for his own troops, You can take it a little longer.

"What about Cao Jun's movements?"

"The frustrated army was pinned down in Xicheng, Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan were in Wuling, Xun You's army was in Shangyong, Ji Ling was stationed in Wanxian, Chen Deng was stationed in Runan, Cao Cao's main army included Cao Chun and Le Jin, a total of 100,000 were moving towards Wuyin, and Ji Ling's main force was also moving towards Ye County."

Xiao Ji immediately and concisely reported Cao Jun's movements, and Yuan Shao nodded with a smile, seemingly satisfied with Cao Cao's reaction.

"Everyone, the main purpose of this battle of Dingling is not to capture Dingling."

The generals couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, Yuan Shao stroked his beard proudly, and glanced at everyone with a smile, but seeing Xu You's squinting eyes with a goatee, Yuan Shao was a little bored in his heart, smacked his lips, and Yuan Shao continued: "The purpose of the Battle of Dingling is to attract and contain the main force of the Cao army, and the more the Cao army invests in the direction of Dingling, the more likely we are to achieve a breakthrough in other directions." Therefore, this battle is based on steady and steady fighting. ”

"Lord, are you talking about the other direction, isn't it Runan?" I don't know Yuan Shao's specific plans, Yuan Shao's idea itself is fine, and it is feasible to mobilize Cao Jun, but is it really so easy to win the direction of Runan?

Yuan Shao smiled: "Runan? Well, our army will also increase its efforts in the direction of Runan, and send two more corps of Gao Gan and Lu Xiang to the south to assist, if we can make a breakthrough in the direction of Runan, it will naturally be a good thing, even if it doesn't work, as long as we can further attract the forces of Cao's army, we will achieve the goal. ”

The judge paused for a moment, thought about it carefully, looked at the map and thought for a while, but he was still puzzled, Zhang Jaw and Pan Feng were also confused, Xu You's eyelids were raised, and the corners of his mouth were raised proudly.

"Hehe, you don't have to guess, you don't have to ask, you will naturally know when the time comes, what you need to know is that our army does not seek success in attacking Dingling, but does not want to lose, and don't have the idea of being greedy for merit."

Yuan Shao waved his hand proudly, no longer talking about this matter, but began to arrange the task specifically, and the generals were not good at asking again, so they had to temporarily suppress the doubts in their hearts, but everyone had no expectations for Yuan Shao's clever plan. To be continued...