Huaning's main general Xu Fan and Tongcheng Zhuzhan both intended to take the initiative to attack, and when the coalition army attacked Huaiyang, they suddenly attacked from behind and caught the coalition army off guard.

It can be said that Xu Fan and Guan Zhan have already thought of going together, and they both plan to take the initiative to attack the rear of the coalition army, but the two of them have no intention of joining forces, but are still suspicious of each other and intriguing.

The coalition army rushed forward, Xu Fan immediately realized that the fighter plane was coming, and when the coalition army attacked the capital, it was a good opportunity for himself and the defenders of the capital to join forces, but he still had one concern, that is, the battle of Tongcheng.

I can be aware of the fighters, and I believe that Guan Zhan can also realize that if you want to break the enemy, make the first contribution, and compare Guan Zhan, you must be ahead of Guan Zhan.

Xu Fan planned to lead the Huaning defenders to fight with the coalition forces before the Battle of Guan, coincidentally, the Battle of Guancheng on the other side of Tongcheng was also planned to do the same, and he also wanted to break the enemy before Xu Fan.

These two can be called smart, if the two can work together, the army will fight as one, the situation of the coalition army is indeed very dangerous, but at this time Kong Qing's strategy played a role, and the discord between Xu Fan and Guan Zhan also laid the groundwork for the fiasco of the two of them.

After the coalition army bypassed Huaning and arrived in Huaiyang, they put on a posture of fighting to the death, surrounded the city, and surrounded the huge Huaiyang City.

However, the Imperial Court of You Guo did not feel nervous about the sudden arrival of the coalition army, but felt that it saw the hope of victory.

After all, Huaiyang is not an isolated city now, there are two strong reinforcements of Huaning and Tongcheng nearby, and the coalition army is encircled around the city and disperses the million army.

Huaning was the first to learn of the news of the siege of Huaiyang by the coalition forces. Xu Fan secretly said that God will help me! He immediately decided to lead the army out of the city and attack the camp of the coalition army.

Gao Gang, the deputy general of the Huaning Army, stopped him and advised him not to act rashly first, and it was not too late to make a decision after seeing the situation clearly.

Gao Gang's opinion is correct, Huaiyang is the capital of Youguo, and the city defense is strong. It is far from being comparable to other cities, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as impregnable, no matter how many troops the coalition army has, it will not be able to defeat Huaiyang for a while.

On the contrary, their side had to defend against the encirclement of the coalition forces and send reinforcements. The Huaning army has the help of the people in the city, and it can withstand the attack of the coalition army by relying on the city defense, but when it goes out of the city, it loses the help of the people and fights with the coalition army on the plain, and the disadvantage of insufficient troops will be exposed. So. Takaoka means that when the coalition forces and the defenders of the capital are in a stalemate, they can send their own troops again, and they can fight the exhausted army in full strength, and it will be easy to win.

Where could Xu Fan listen to Gao Gang's persuasion, now his mind was full of how to win the battle of Guan and defeat the coalition army before the battle of Guan. He can wait, but can he also wait for the battle over there?

He scoffed at Takaoka's persuasion. said coldly: "In the eyes of this general, the coalition army is a group of rabble. I have to wait until the coalition army becomes a tired division before the general sends troops, won't he be laughed at and lose his big teeth?"

Alas! Gao Gang sighed secretly, is face more important than the success or failure of the war? Is the life and death of more than 100,000 soldiers still no match for a face? However, he did not dare to question these words face to face, and after pondering for a long time, he persuaded again: "The coalition forces are acting abnormally, given the situation in which the coalition forces are located. There is no need to risk rushing forward and taking the capital directly, the last general is worried that there is fraud in it, and if the general insists on sending troops, he should also be informed that he will pass through the city. It is the best policy to join forces with General Guan to send troops!"

The reason why Xu Fan was in a hurry to send troops was that he wanted to rush before the battle of Guan, and now Gao Gang also asked him to inform Tongcheng and join forces to send troops, and his nose was almost crooked. As the saying goes, if you don't speculate for more than half a sentence, Xu Fan angrily pulled Gao Gang away, waved his hand again and again: "Go, go, go! If you are cowardly, stay in the city to guard your home, as for the words that prevent me from sending troops, don't say anything more, otherwise you will be convicted of disturbing the morale of the army!"

In one sentence, Gao Gang was speechless, and the latter sighed in his heart, shook his head slightly, and took two steps back, no longer persuading. Now, he could only silently pray that the rapid advance of the coalition forces was a mistake and not something else.

Xu Fan ignored Gao Gang's persuasion, led the defenders, a total of 150,000 people, out of Huaning, and went straight to Huaiyang.

His movements were really faster than those in Tongcheng, first, he was the first to get the news, and second, Huaning was closer to Huaiyang than Tongcheng.

Although the coalition army went west to besiege Huaiyang, a large number of scouts were left here in Huaning, and as soon as the defenders of Huaning left the city, they were discovered by the coalition scouts and sent the news back to the coalition camp as soon as possible.

After Lin Haotian received the information, he couldn't help but smile on his back, Xu Fan was really a brave and reckless man, that is, he did not join forces with Tongcheng, and he came rashly, if he couldn't annihilate it in one fell swoop, he would be too sorry for the great fighter in front of him.

He immediately gave an order to convene all the generals in the army to discuss military affairs.

The generals of the three kingdoms of Jin, You, and Xinchi gathered together and filled the huge Chinese army tent.

After all the generals arrived, Lin Haotian took the lead in speaking and said: "Huaning's chief general Xu Fan has fallen into our army's plan, and the information he just got that Xu Fan personally commanded the main force of the You army and went out of the city to attack our army's joint camp, thanks to General Kong Qing's clever calculation, he finally succeeded in luring out Huaning's defenders." ”

Kong Qing said indifferently: "My lord has won the prize." There was no joy or pride on his face, after all, it was You Jun who was the planner, it was his comrades and brothers, he knew very well in his heart that in the next battle, this You Army would suffer heavy casualties, but in order to save You Guo, he had to sacrifice only some people.

Lin Haotian glanced at him deeply with his bright eyes, smiled leisurely, and said no more about this matter, then looked around at the generals and asked, "Which general is willing to go to meet You Jun?"

As soon as the words fell, he immediately continued: "What Ben Shuai wants is not an ordinary small victory, but a complete victory, to annihilate the main force of the enemy, and to carry Xu Fan's head back to Ben Shuai to return to his life!"

Originally, there were many generals who were eager to try, but after listening to his subsequent additions, they immediately retreated.

The combat power of the You army is there, even if it is a head-to-head confrontation, even if your own strength can be several times that of the enemy, it is not easy to annihilate the You army of more than 100,000 people.

There was silence in the tent of the Chinese army, so quiet that it was silent, and Lin Haotian looked around left and right. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why? There are more than 100 generals in our army, and none of them dares to meet the You army who is out of the city?"

At this time, only listening to the sound of armor, Zhang Bufan stepped out of the column and came to the tent. Intervened in the salute, and said in a shocking voice: "King, the last general is willing to lead the army to battle, and if he does not cut off Xu Fan's head, the last general will not return to the camp!"

Immediately afterwards, Ding Feng also walked out and said, "My lord, the last general is willing to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to go with the extraordinary general!"

At the critical moment, he had to rely on his own brothers! Lin Haotian was greatly disappointed in the generals of the New Red Army. He nodded and said, "Okay! Ding Feng and Bufan will fight, Ding Feng will be the main and Bufan will be the auxiliary, leading the headquarters of the First Army to meet the enemy, and in addition, I will transfer 200,000 soldiers and horses from the New Red Army to the command of the two of you." Brother Song, do you have any opinions?"

The last sentence. He asked Song Hao beside him.

How could the latter have any objections? None of his subordinates dared to stand up and take the initiative to ask for help, and now they are under the orders of General Jin. And rightfully so. Song Hao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's good that Brother Lin is in charge." ”

Lin Haotian nodded and said, "Since Brother Song doesn't object, then you two should go and order troops quickly! However, the ugly words can be said in front first, if you can't bring back Xu Fan's head." Then you two will bring your own heads to me!"

"The last general will obey!" Ding Feng and Zhang Bufan intervened to give a salute, and without saying a word, they threw off their robes, turned their heads and left.

Out of the Chinese military tent. Zhang Bufan's face was full of excitement, rubbing his fists and grinding his palms, eager to try.

Since the battle in Youyou, the coalition forces have not fought a few head-to-head confrontations, all the way in the siege of the city, now there is a rare opportunity to confront the enemy head-on, Zhang Bufan also intends to show his skills.

He said to Ding Feng: "Ding Feng, you and I will go to order troops now, and the whole army will not bring baggage, only rations, and march at full speed, it is estimated that we will be able to meet You Jun tonight." ”

Ding Fengle was happy and said, "Fanfan, you plan to fight a narrow battle with You Jun?"

"Of course!" Zhang Bufan heard his strange question, and asked rhetorically: "Don't you want to fight the enemy head-on?

Zhang Bufan and Ding Feng have not cooperated much, but they also know that his fierce style is only one side of him, and the other side is treacherous and cunning, and he is good at using tricks.

Ding Feng smiled bitterly and said: "My lord gave you and me an army of 300,000, but in addition to the first legion, can you trust the other 200,000 soldiers?"

Zhang Bufan sneered and said, "If the combat power of those 200,000 people can withstand half of the combat power of the First Legion, I will thank God." ”

Ding Feng nodded and said, "Yes, so don't look at our army of 300,000, but the combat power is not very strong, it is easy to defeat it in a head-to-head confrontation with the You army, but it is not easy to annihilate it all!"

Hearing him say this, Zhang Bufan also responded understandingly, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "That...... Ding Feng, do you have any good ideas?"

"Set up an ambush halfway, surround and annihilate it!" Ding Feng said with a smile.

"Set up an ambush halfway?" Zhang Bufan was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, he muttered while thinking about it: "If I remember correctly, the road from Huaning to Huaiyang is a plain with a flat river, no mountains, no valleys, no ditches, no trenches, not even woods, where are we going to set up an ambush?"

"Yes! There is indeed no ambush between Huaning and Huaiyang, so our pockets can only be opened a little bigger, so big that You Jun can't detect it. Ding Feng said confidently: "Of course, to weave such a big pocket, you need someone to help you and me!"

"Who?"

"Shao Lin!"

Ding Feng said that he was setting up an ambush, but in fact he was going to fight a large-scale flanking battle, dividing the 300,000 soldiers and horses on his side into four parts, which were arranged in the east, south, west, and north directions, and the distance between them was dozens of miles or even hundreds of miles away, so far away, the four armies had to work together to destroy the enemy, and they must have convenient and fast communication, which required Shao Lin's spies to transmit intelligence and news to them in a timely manner.

Hearing Ding Feng's intentions, Zhang Bufan thought it was feasible, and immediately said: "Okay!

If someone else came to ask Shao Lin for help, Shao Lin might have to think about it, but it was Ding Feng and Zhang Bufan who asked the two of them to contribute, so he didn't have to think about it, so he nodded on the spot.

With Shao Lin's help, Ding Feng also dared to divide his troops to fight with confidence. According to his strategy, the army of 300,000 was divided into four parts. His division of troops was not divided according to the country, but by mixing the armies of the four countries.

Two corps of the First Army Corps plus two corps of the New Red Army, totaling 80,000 men, formed the Eastern Army, which was responsible for cutting off the rear route of the You Army. One corps of the First Army Corps plus the New Red Army had a total of five corps to form the Northern Army, which was responsible for intercepting the Northern Army, and one corps of the First Army Corps and the New Red Army had a total of five corps to form the Southern Army, which was responsible for intercepting the Southern Army's southward escape. The six corps of the First Army plus the New Red Army made a total of twelve corps, forming the main force and responsible for facing the You Army head-on.

From the distribution of troops, we can also see the strategic intention of Ding Feng, he intends to first defeat the You army from the front, and then compress the north and south flanks, intercept the enemy, and at the same time cooperate with the main force of the operation, and then the eastern army will seal the mouth, and completely encircle the You army. Surround and annihilate.

The three-way army has to move on a large scale, open its pockets, and at the same time have to avoid the eyes of You Jun, so as not to let the enemy be aware, at this time, it is all up to Shao Lin's spies to coordinate it.

It is said that the main army of Ding Feng and Zhang Bufan is on the side, and they are in battle formations in the plain area between Huaiyang and Huaning, and the whole army is ready for battle. Just waiting for the arrival of You Jun.

Their total strength was 120,000, and the You's army that was about to arrive was no less than 150,000. On the contrary, there were more troops, and the First Army did not feel much about this, and they were used to fighting with less to many. However, the officers and men of the New Red Army were panicked and lacked confidence, believing that with their own strength, let alone defeating the You army, it would be difficult to withstand the enemy.

On the other side, You Jun was also reported. Knowing that there was a coalition army in front of him, wanting to intercept his own army from returning to the capital, Xu Fan was also shocked, and he hurriedly asked the spy: "How many troops does the other side have?

The spy shook his head and said, "Who the enemy commander is has not yet been clarified, but. Looking at the number of troops, it should be around 100,000. ”

About 100,000? Xu Fan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you right?"

"Absolutely, yes! The enemy army is on the plain, and all the forces are clear at a glance, and the villain will not be mistaken!" replied the spy confidently.

Xu Fan grinned after hearing this, if the main force of the coalition army came to block his side, there would be no way to fight this battle, but now the coalition army only sent 100,000 people to block his side, which is simply too unsightly, and the 100,000 coalition army wants to compete with his own army of 150,000, which is undoubtedly a fantasy.

He laughed loudly on the horse: "The coalition forces must be besieging the capital now, and they can't divide the main force to intercept our army, since they sent a small force to send them to death, we can't afford to accept this meeting gift!" After a pause, his face was straight, and he shouted left and right: "Pass my general's order, the whole army will speed up, and we must destroy all the enemy forces in front!"

"General!" Lieutenant General Takaoka, who was accompanying him, realized that something was wrong, and he frowned and said: "The coalition army only sent 100,000 people to stop our army, which is unusual, the general must be careful, don't fall for the enemy's tricks!"

"What tricks do you think the enemy will have?" Now as soon as Gao Gang spoke, Xu Fan felt upset, feeling that this person was looking forward and backward, without courage, and by his side, he would only slander and drag himself back.

He said angrily: "There are all plains here, do you think the enemy will set up an ambush?"

"This ......" Gao Gang really suspected that there was fraud in it, but Xu Fan was right, there was a plain between Huaiyang and Huaning, there was nowhere to hide soldiers, and there were no conditions for ambush, but even so, Gao Gang always had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart.

"The general should send scouts first and make a decision after exploring the surroundings clearly......

Before he finished speaking, Xu Fan didn't bother to pay attention to him, waved his big hand, and shouted: "The whole army is moving forward!"

"In this battle, the officers and men of our army are only allowed to advance, not retreat!"

"Those who kill the enemy bravely will be rewarded, and those who are cowardly and cowardly will be killed!"

"The officers and men of the whole army, when they go to the battlefield, they can all supervise the battle, as long as they see someone in front of them retreating or fearing, the soldiers in the rear can immediately behead them!"

“......”

While urging the whole army to speed up, Xu Fan kept shouting, boosting morale and at the same time issuing a military order to fight to the death.

Under the rapid march of the You army, the coalition army and the You army finally met on the battlefield. When there were only two arrows left between the two sides, the You army stopped, and the whole army regrouped, set up a battle formation, and prepared to start a head-to-head battle with the coalition forces.

Xu Fan was in the camp of the You army, straightened his waist on the war horse, stretched his neck, and looked at the opposite side.

As reported by the spies, the strength of the coalition army is at best more than 100,000 people, and the strange thing is that there is no marshal flag under the whole army, only military flags, some of which are embroidered with the word 'gold', and some are embroidered with the word 'new deficit'.

After seeing it, the smile on Xu Fan's face deepened, and the expression on his face also showed disapproval.

This kind of coalition between countries, its combat power is not one plus one equals two, then to calculate, each country's army has its own characteristics, just fused together to fight, will only make the combat strength of each army limited, characteristics difficult to play, not to mention, the armies of various countries rarely cooperate together, to the battlefield, most of them are fighting on their own, if you can gain an advantage, it is good to say, once you fall into a disadvantage, you will only lose a mess.

Xu Fan, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, understands the shortcomings of the coalition army too well, and at this time, he does not pay attention to the more than 100,000 coalition troops on the opposite side.

He first looked up at the sky, then stretched out two fingers to the generals on the left and right, and said with a smile: "I dare to bet with you that in this battle, our army can end the battle in two hours at most!"

The main general will be relaxed and full of confidence, and the morale of the soldiers below will also be high and their fighting spirit will be doubled.

Hearing his words, all the generals looked at each other and smiled, and one of them urged the horses out of the ranks, and said: "General Xu, the last general is willing to go out to fight first, for the long prestige of our army, and destroy the morale of the coalition army!" (To be continued......)