Jian'an five years, early March.

After Yuan Shao learned that Jingzhou's plan had failed and Wen Chou had been killed, instead of listening to Fu Zhi's suggestion to reorganize his troops and horses and fight again in the coming days, he wanted to force Chu Feng to fight a decisive battle.

As a result, Yuan Jun was miserable.

and had to face the towering Xiapi City, so that countless corpses were added to the city, and blood gathered into a river, which also made the city defender Lu Meng almost think that Yuan Shao was crazy.

In order to win Chu Feng head-on, he ordered Yuan Tan of Qingzhou and Yuan Shang of Jizhou to send 10,000 soldiers and horses each, and let Yuan Xi of Youzhou and Gaogan each send 5,000 cavalry to the front line.

As for the 10,000 foot soldiers who escaped under Wen Chou's command, Yuan Shao ordered them to rush to Xuzhou at full speed, since Jingzhou was not successful, then Xuzhou must press him in.

For a time, counting Yuan Shao's own 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus the 40,000 foot cavalry that was mobilized, for a while, Yuan Shao's troops in front of him were close to 100,000.

And there is a Chun Yuqiong in the middle of the road, with 30,000 soldiers and horses.

The number of soldiers and horses has an absolute advantage, but these deployments are a bit hasty in the eyes of Fu Zhi, and he has been vetoed by Yuan Shao many times.

Determined to go his own way and seek a decisive battle.

In this regard, Fu Zhu can only hope that he can successfully take Xiapi, otherwise once he is defeated, the Central Plains states that spent millions of military rations to buy will probably have to give up.

When the time comes, if you want to compete with Chu Feng, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult.

The only good thing is that Chu Feng's Jingzhou soldiers and horses can't come over in a short time, and they don't dare to come.

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Shouchun, inside the General's Mansion.

Chu Feng looked at the people in the hall, couldn't help but show a slight chuckle, handed over the paperwork, and said, "Yuan Benchu was in a hurry, and he mobilized troops and horses from Qingyou and Hebei four states,"

"It seems that he wants to give up Xuzhou than me, or fight him to the death in Xuzhou!"

"My lord, the last general is willing to be the vanguard." Wei Yan came out of the ranks with his fists clenched, eager to try, this person's belligerence is indeed one of the best.

"Hehe, don't worry!" Chu Feng waved his hand: "Chun Yuqiong did not retreat, but instead sent additional scouts to continue south, exactly as expected,"

"Since Yuan Shao has recruited troops and horses, then I will just take Chun Yuqiong, and when the time comes, the prefectures and counties under his command in the province will still have the ability to resist, and I will hit it hard in one fell swoop."

Chu Feng's words were confident.

"My lord, Yuan Shao is anxious to fight, and our army may not need to fight. Even if our army takes Chun Yuqiong, the front-line soldiers and horses are only half of Yuan's army, so it is better to stick to the repair. ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and suggested.

The gap between two times, if you take the initiative to fight Yuan Shao, it may not be good news.

"I can't delay, I've been to Xiapi once, surrounded by water on three sides, and the terrain is low-lying, but anyone who has wisdom in Yuan Shao's army knows that the city is flooded."

"Unless you abandon Xiapi, and if you lose Xiapi, Xuzhou will be lost, so Xiapi can't be released, and you will fight quickly here, and strive to confront Yuan Shao before the summer rainy season."

Chu Feng waved his hand, he had gone to Xiapi to rescue Lu Bu before, and he had seen the situation of Xiapi once, although the city was high and thick and relied on the water system, but the water system on three sides was also a double-edged sword.

Lu Bu was so flooded that he was defeated and killed, and he still knew it.

Seeing Chu Feng's insistence, Jia Xu didn't say much, and Wei Yanlang said loudly next to him: "Lord, the soldiers and horses under Chun Yuqiong are a group of wine bags and rice bags, so they dare to continue to attack." ”

"The last general asks for battle, only 3,000 iron horsemen, you can crush the Yuan army, and take Chun Yuqiong's head to sacrifice to the lord." Wei Yan spoke excitedly again, a little eager to try.

"Wenhe, is there a good way to break Chun Yu Qiong?" Chu Feng looked at Jia Xu and asked.

"The lord, Chun Yu Qiong's brave husband, there is no strategy, now that the army has been slaughtered and still marches into the army, you can observe one or two, since it has ventured into the lord, you can invite it to fight."

"With this kind of martial arts character, I will definitely not let go of the opportunity for a fair duel! With the military might of the Central Army, it is easy to torture and kill this wine bag and rice bag! ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a chuckle, for Chun Yuqiong, he really can't be interested, he has no wisdom at all, the most simple and rude is fine.

"Just a fair duel?" Chu Feng glanced at Jia Xu suspiciously.

"Naturally not, the lord can be in front of the central army, and send another general to lead the iron cavalry around the rear, and lead the front to fight, and the rear iron cavalry will rush out, and the enemy army will collapse without a fight."

Jia Xu brushed his beard, or Chu Feng understood him.

How can you pursue a head-on showdown!

"Haha, it's simple and rude, but it's enough for Chun Yuqiong to eat a pot!" Chu Feng laughed heartily, he was still thinking about all kinds of calculations before, but listening to Jia Xu's words,

He suddenly realized that he had just fallen into a misunderstanding, in fact, it was not difficult to fight such a fool.

"Wei Yan listened to the order, and you led two thousand iron cavalry to make a detour behind it, and when our army fought head-on, he would enter the army formation and mess with his army's morale." Chu Feng looked at Wei Yandao.

"No, the last will guarantee the completion of the mission!"

Wei Yan laughed heartily, he was extremely eager for battle merits.

"Zhang Xiu, you lead five hundred iron cavalry cloth and the direction of the enemy's escape, if you let Chun Yuqiong escape, you will be killed immediately, life or death!"

Chu Feng looked at Zhang Xiudao again.

"The last general commands!" Zhang Xiu nodded.

After Chu Feng finished talking to him last time, Zhang Xiu was a lot weaker about this kind of utilitarianism, as Chu Feng said, these generals are not as tired as a relative of yours, why bother to fight with the generals.

"Xu Chu, rectify the tiger guards, tomorrow I will take them to drink blood and kill the enemy." Chu Feng looked at Xu Chu and said in a deep voice.

"No!" Xu Chu nodded immediately, a smile on his fierce cheeks.

"Okay, go down quickly to reorganize the army, the Central Army is assembled north of the Huai River, and all the 20,000 Central Army are out to fight, and it is time for these recruits to experience the tempering of war."

Chu Feng opened his mouth and commanded again.

"No!" All the generals should come down in unison.

Seeing everyone retreat, Jia Xu stayed here, and said in a slight mutter: "Lord, since you have decided to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao Xuzhou, it is definitely not enough to count on the three generals Lu Meng, Tai Shici, and Zhang Liao!" ”

"There are still 20,000 people in the Central Army!" Chu Feng added.

"Lord, this battle is related to the fortunes of the country, and when it is not for military training, no one can guarantee whether the 10,000 central army can shoulder this heavy responsibility, so I think that the central army only brings elites."

Jia Xu's expression was solemn, he just wanted to mention Chu Feng

Fighting Chun Yuqiong is such a possible training, but Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops will be assembled in the near future, and if he loses, he will be defeated like a mountain, and he can't count on new soldiers.

"What about you?" Chu Feng asked.

"The lord leads 10,000 central troops, Lu Su leads his own army, Hefei is guarded by the rest of the central army, which can be handed over to the commander of Qiao Rui, in addition, Huang Zhong's 10,000 troops can be brought to defend the city."

"As for Zhao Yun's five thousand iron cavalry, the recruitment has been completed, and the combat power may not be strong, but with the assistance of the lord's stirrups, horseshoes, saddles, etc., it is feasible to complete the tactical intersperse."

"That is to say, in the Great War of the North and South, the lord needs to call at least two cavalry corps of Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, Lu Meng, Tai Shici, Lu Su, and the central army including the lord, a total of 40,000 people for the main force."

"Huang Zhong's department is used to defend the city, and Gan Ning's department can assist in marching into the Yangtze River valley in addition to staying in the Yangtze River basin, so that a total of 70,000 people has an absolute chance of victory."

Jia Xu calculated, and said loudly.

Mainly in Jia Xu's view, these soldiers and horses don't need to wait any longer at this time, you must know that this battle is related to the fortunes of the country and the pattern of the world, Chu Feng wins, and the Central Plains is at your fingertips.

Yuan Shaosheng, who will go one step further, occupy Xuzhou, and completely compress Chu Feng along the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the Great War of the North and South must be fully forced.

Chu Feng pondered a little and nodded, indeed, the Great War between the North and the South must go all out, and the strongest battle must be mobilized to fight against it, otherwise no one can afford to lose.

"Wen He is reasonable!" Chu Feng nodded.

"My lord, you can first order Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and other troops to take a boat to Xuzhou to complete the strategic deployment, and the grain, grass, ordnance, etc. need to be transported in advance."

"When the victory is here, the lord will go north with the whole army, and part of the central army will be replaced by the Lusu corps, so that the strongest troops will be dispatched to fight."

Jia Xu planned carefully.

Although Jia Xu knows the strength of the Central Army, he also knows that the Central Army is the elite that Chu Feng started to fight, and the other legions, maybe the main generals are not bad.

However, their legion is far from the Central Army, even the strongest Lusu Legion is far inferior to the Central Army, and the burden of this battle still has to be on the shoulders of the Central Army.

"Well, according to what you see, go ahead and arrange it!" Chu Feng recognized.

"No!" Jia Xu clenched his fists with a solemn expression.

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Two days later, thirty miles on the north bank of the Huai River.

The Chu army had already set up a camp and waited for Chun Yuqiong's arrival.

And these days, although Chun Yuqiong is stupid, he is also extremely cautious, slowly getting closer, especially at night, he will send countless scouts to prevent the Chu army from sneaking attack.

So much so that this time he finally set up camp dozens of miles away.

Without waiting for him to take the initiative to attack, Chu Feng took the initiative to lead the central army to march mightily, stopped at a position fifteen miles away from Chunyu Qiongying Village, and at the same time sent people to call for battle.

And Chun in the Qiongjun Village,

The scout under the hall told that the Chu army had already arrived outside the village, which made Chun Yuqiong confused, and was pacing back and forth, asking for the opinion of his subordinate generals.

"Dumb? The Chu army has already come, is there no good strategy? Chun Yuqiong was angry at a group of generals, mainly because he was worried that the Chu army would cheat.

"This—" Everyone bowed their heads and didn't dare to say more.

"General, the Chu army is here, just outside the village, saying that he came on the order of Chu Feng and invited the general to fight to the death with his lord." A tooth will come briskly.

"Fight to the death?" Chun Yuqiong was vigilant.

"Hmph, who's afraid of whom, go, follow me to the village to have a look!" Chun Yuqiong was angry in his heart, he wanted to fight Chu Feng to the death, especially because he was not good at conspiracy.

"No!" The ministers will nod their heads.

After a while, at the head of the village, the cavalry of the Chu army in the distance was a hundred steps away.

"Hey, I'm Chun Yuqiong, it's your lord who invited me to fight to the death?" Chun Yuqiong scolded angrily.

"Exactly, my lord said that General Chun Yuqiong is brave and good at fighting, and his soldiers and horses are the elite of Yuan's army, so he wants to fight a decisive battle with the general."

The cavalry said according to Chu Feng's words.

"Hehe, count him Chu Feng with some eyesight!" Chun Yuqiong snorted coldly, and was very embarrassed by Chu Feng's recognition.

"My father-in-law also said that General Chun Yuqiong has lived a bright and upright life, disdainful of using conspiracies and tricks, and does not avoid fighting against some cowardly people."

The knight added.

"That is, since it is a fair battle, how can I be afraid of it? I will definitely go to the appointment," Chun Yuqiong sneered, with a bit of pride.

"My lord said that he knew that the general would definitely meet the decisive battle, and he waited there, and if the general was afraid, he could advance through this formation, and he would say so much, and he would leave!!"

After saying that, the knight beat his horse and walked.

Chun Yuqiong was even more arrogant, raised his hand and said: "Order, the whole army is assembled, today, I will fight Chu Feng to the death!" ”

"General, no, as the so-called soldiers are not tired of cheating, Chu Feng induced the general to fight like this, he must have bad intentions, I'm afraid there is a conspiracy in this."

The adjutant general hurriedly persuaded that his boss was really stupid!

"General, Chu Feng has always been deceitful, don't rush into the army." Another lieutenant added.

"Hmph, refuse to fight, isn't it a rat? What's more, Chu Feng took the initiative to cross the river north to fight a decisive battle with me, this is a good opportunity, as long as I can defeat Chu Feng, Shouchun is hopeful. ”

Chun Yuqiong snorted coldly, and couldn't listen to these words at all.

"General, Chu Feng is not good, if he sends troops, it is very likely that he will fall into his trap!" The adjutant general strongly advised.

"This place is a flat river, where did the trap come from? This is just Chu Feng's arrogance, thinking that our army is weak, and wanting to rush to the aid of Xuzhou with a quick victory. ”

Chun Yuqiong's analysis made several lieutenants hesitate,

Because it seems to be the same truth, Chu Jun is there, what can the trap have? There is a high probability that Chu Feng wants to rush to Xuzhou's aid quickly.

"But..."

"That's it, An Yihou will go to the surrounding area to investigate first to ensure safety, I'm sending troops, so it's okay!" Chun Yuqiong waved his hand and directly interrupted the lieutenant's words.

It's not bad to probe and fight again!

Thinking about this, several lieutenants are not insisting!

Immediately, Chun Yuqiong asked the scouts under his command who were used most frequently to quickly distribute them to find out if there were any ambushes, traps, etc., while he himself reorganized the soldiers and horses in the battalion.

It is also a part of the soldiers and horses listed outside the village first, according to the most classic shield soldiers in front, spearmen in the back, followed by archers, more decent.

After waiting for about half an hour and exploring more than 30 miles, the scouts returned and said that they had not found any trace of the enemy.

So much so that those lieutenants were all ashamed.

Obviously, they are thinking too much, especially Chun Yuqiong's eyes, as if they are talking about cowards, which also confirms that what Chun Yuqiong said about the Chu army is likely to be a quick battle.

Several lieutenant generals wanted to continue to persuade, since Chu Feng wanted to fight quickly, wouldn't it be better to stick here, but looking at Chun Yuqiong's eager appearance, they couldn't say anything.

Inside and outside the camp, Chun Yuqiong stood at the head of the village, looking at the people below,

He immediately shouted: "Fellow soldiers, Chu Feng has no one in his eyes, he thinks that we are weak and easy to bully, do you agree!" ”

"Fight, fight, fight!"

"Okay, this time, we should let him know that the Northern Army is not easy to bully, and the Northern Army will never be a bad seed. His Central Army prides itself on being the strongest army under his command, so this battle will beat his Central Army down! ”

Chun Yuqiong drew his sword and held it high, with a momentum like a rainbow.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, this battle can be won and undefeated, play the majesty of our northern army, and let Chu Feng know what is the strongest army in the world!"

After Chun Yuqiong finished speaking, he immediately said to the generals: "All departments listen to the order and immediately form an army to meet the enemy!" ”

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