Zhao Yun and Yan Yang led the Yanlong Iron Cavalry to move around Luoyang, making a look of looking for an opportunity to attack, while Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao and other generals began to attack the city, breaking through the two cities of Cao Yang and Yongning, destroying tens of thousands of enemies, and achieving remarkable results.

This is completely a look of going to a full-scale war and fighting for the ownership of Si Li, but Bai Ma Yicong's troops suddenly disappeared without a trace, but this did not make Ma Chao pay attention to it, but the villages in the Sili area have all been broken, full of devastation, and Bai Ma Yi is not good at attacking cities, so he temporarily retreated and waited for the big battle.

However, what he didn't know was that Zhang Fan had already led Bai Ma Yi to set off, diagonally through the small half of the state, and rushed to Hexi!

Before leaving, Zhang Fan transferred the only 50,000 remaining combat players in Jiguan to form a cavalry force of more than 50,000 people, and marched mightily.

Naturally, there are no accidents along the way, the entire Bingzhou has long been under Zhang Fan's control, and all the opposition strength has been wiped out by Zhang Fan when he was training, and he can't even see a large beast in the wild, let alone those powerful heaven and earth beasts.

Two days later, Zhang Fan has been close to the territory of Hexi, this place is mainly plain terrain, similar to the grassland outside the territory, is one of the largest natural horse farms in Bingzhou, and the reason why Ma Teng can invade this place is because there is a road leading to Liangzhou, known as the "Hexi Corridor!" ”

The Hexi Corridor starts from Wusheling in the east, reaches Yumen Pass in the west, and is between the South Mountain (Qilian Mountain and Altun Mountain) and the North Mountain (Horsehair Mountain, Heli Mountain and Longshou Mountain) in the north and south, with a length of about 900 kilometers and a width of several kilometers to nearly 100 kilometers.

The Hexi Corridor is a part of the Silk Road, which should be prosperous, but now it has been affected by the war, Ma Teng led more than 300,000 soldiers from Xiliang to attack, and Sun Ce's 100,000 soldiers and horses confronted each other in the Hexi Corridor, and the two of them each had a section, which was regarded as sealing the entire Hexi Corridor and breaking the Silk Road.

Ma Teng's military strength seems to be strong, but in fact, most of the main soldiers and horses were taken away by Ma Chao, after all, Ma Chao is the main attack line of the coalition army, and Ma Teng's troops are just to contain the main force, and secondly, the main generals of Xiliang are not here, Ma Chao, Pang De and Ma Dai are all in Sili Imperial Guard, only Ma Teng, Han Sui, General Cheng Gongying, Ma Wan, etc., although they are also very strong, but there are no Tianwu Realm generals to guard, not Sun Ce's opponent.

The two armies have fought many times in the past few days, but most of them were small battles, and the real big war did not break out.

"Go to Sun Ce's army!"

Zhang Fan waved his hand, and went first, they were dusty all the way, the soldiers were a little tired, and they needed a short rest, and this time Pang Dejia Xu and other strategists did not come, their bodies were not suitable for long-distance attacks, everything needed Zhang Fan to design and make decisions, which required Zhang Fan to understand more about the situation and terrain here, etc., and he was not in a hurry.

Zhang Fan's arrival made the soldiers here excited, and Sun Ce was also overjoyed: "Why did my uncle come here? ”

Zhang Fan smiled: "Naturally, I came here for the old thief Ma Teng!" ”

Sun Ce was overjoyed, he had tried to launch a few charges, but he was blocked back, there was no problem in relying on him alone, it was difficult to win, the arrival of Zhang Fan and Zhao Yun was tantamount to a strong needle, which filled him with fighting spirit.

Immediately, Sun Ce told everything one by one, Ma Teng was menacing, camped in the Hexi Corridor, and looked like he was not leaving, and there were nearly 10,000 Xiliang Iron Riders under his hands, and the rest were also elite men, which was extremely difficult.

Zhang Fan nodded, and personally observed the terrain, in fact, there is no complicated terrain in the Hexi Corridor, it was used to transport goods when it was originally built, the road is flat, only a few places have mountains on the side, but there is no danger, in general, it is still a flat river, which is very suitable for cavalry raids.

"Have you ever wanted to lure the enemy deeper?" Zhang Fan asked.

"Tried!" Sun Ce nodded: "I have many foot soldiers, so I ordered people to dig a lot of horse traps in front, and wanted to lure Xiliang Tieqi to attack and take the opportunity to kill them, but Ma Teng was very cunning, he intended to contain the strength of our army, not to rush to start a big war, and to stop in time, so that I returned in vain!" ”

Zhang Fan frowned, this is a bit tricky, Ma Teng is cunning and cunning, in fact, with his current strength, it is completely suppressive, although Sun Ce is strong, if he encounters a strong attack, he will not be able to support it for a few days, but Ma Teng does not seem to want to fight, I don't want to go too deep, causing Zhang Fan's backlash.

Ma Teng's battalion is dozens of miles crossed, cutting off the entire Hexi corridor, and it is impossible to cut off its grain route to the rear, and Sun Ce's army is mainly foot soldiers, and the number is not as large as Ma Teng's, so he naturally does not dare to go out to battle, otherwise once he is attacked by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, I am afraid that he will not be able to retreat.

Sun Ce couldn't enter, and Ma Teng didn't want to enter, so the two armies were at a stalemate, and it was only a tentative attack all day long, which was relatively peaceful.

"Now that I have brought 50,000 cavalry, I have the capital to make progress, but the Xiliang Army is famous for its iron cavalry, and there are a lot of means to fight against the cavalry, and it is not a way to attack rashly, you need to think of a foolproof strategy!"

Zhang Fan wants to fight, but also wants to fight quickly, otherwise the Sili area does not know what else to happen, although he is very relieved of Pang Tong Jia Xu, but he is also afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, and the matter here should be the first thing to end quickly.

"What the hell should I do!" Zhang Fan was a little dazed, this place is peaceful, it is very difficult to use a strategy, and it is an extremely difficult choice to hedge head-on for fear of excessive casualties.

Sun Ce's eyes flashed slightly, and said: "The Hexi Corridor is wide, the widest part is more than 100 kilometers, Ma Teng chose one of the small places to station, just to block all the gaps, so that we can't go around, but there is a mountain next to it, the terrain is not too high, if you can climb on it, condescending to launch an impact, or have a miraculous effect!" ”

This is what he has thought about a long time ago, but he doesn't have many cavalry under his command, and his overall strength is insufficient, so if he dares to send a large army, he is afraid that he will be taken advantage of by Ma Teng, and even if he succeeds, it will be difficult to do his best, so he pressed it down and mentioned it at this time.

Zhang Fan's eyes lit up slightly, this is also a choice, but it is still difficult, it is difficult for the foot soldiers to approach unnoticed, and the number must not be too much, if the large army cannot support and cooperate, this plan may be self-defeating.

Wandering, suddenly a cold wind blows, followed by goose feather snow falling, the north is cold, winter is coming faster than the Central Plains, this heavy snow comes suddenly, but there is a tendency to intensify, I believe that it will not stop in a short time.

Zhang Fan was slightly stunned, then his eyes lit up, he looked up at the sky, and muttered: "It's snowing, it's the most suitable for killing!" ”

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