Chapter 972: Dare to say that we are not as strong as the fourth brother

The fighting on both sides of the Yellow River ended with the final surrender of Cao Ren's army.

The Xiahou army and Cao Renjun, who were originally stationed in Yanzhou, were exhausted under the repeated calculations of Zhao Yun and Lu Bu and others, and under the impetus of Zhao Xing. Lu Qian, Wei Zhen, Li Dian and others, who fled back to Chenliu, were driven to Xuchang by the Xiliang army led by Ma Chao, they ran very fast, but they did not have the opportunity to take away the old and young of the two families of Chen Liucao and Xiahou.

Now Cao Cao's old nest, Yanzhou, has completely fallen into the hands of Zhao Xing.

The wars in Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou were temporarily suspended, while the great battles in Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou reached a very critical stage.

Jiangdong Sun Jian, who had already taken a clear banner to follow Zhao Xing's path, on the one hand stepped up the defense of Wuzhou itself, and on the other hand, sent a super luxury lineup with the eldest son Sun Ce as the main general, and under the banner of crusading against Yuan Shu, there was no surprise that there was a fierce battle with Han Rong, a veteran who defended Yangzhou. Yuan Shu is in Nanyang, Sun Jian wants to destroy Yuan Shu, so he has to take advantage of Yangzhou, and Han Rong naturally will not sit idly by and watch Jiangdong soldiers and horses pass through Yangzhou. This kind of trick of the false Dao is clear, even the yellow-mouthed child can understand it, how can Han Rong, who guards Yangzhou for Liu Bei, not know the reason.

The real highlight of the battle between the Jiangdong Corps and the Yangzhou defenders lies in the mutual calculations between the two super strategists. In the past, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu also boated Zhenze (Taihu Lake), but now they are their masters, but they have become rivals on the battlefield.

In Lao Luo's romance, Zhou Yu was very aggrieved, and it seemed that he was going to be calculated by Zhuge Kongming everywhere, and in the end he was angry to death. In fact, Zhou Yu's ability to command troops in battle is definitely not under Kong Ming. In Zhao Xing's own opinion, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Lu Xun are basically at the same level and level, while Tian Feng, Xu Shu, Lu Su, Fa Zheng, Lu Meng, Cheng Yu, Li Ru and others are definitely not weak although they are slightly behind.

These shining stars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, no matter which one of them is used, as long as they are good at using it, they can create an immortal foundation. It is precisely because Zhao Xing opened a super plug-in that he set his sights on these rare talents from the beginning, and now he has this atmosphere of prosperity and talents.

A series of people and horses in Jiangdong fought with Zhuge Liang near Yangzhou, and the Xuzhou Corps led by Zhang Liao himself was even more successful, with only 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Dragoon Army and Xiong Zhen's army, the two armies of Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei fought on their backs, and the pain was unspeakable.

The Dragoon is a fast and mobile cavalry army, although the horse riding battle is not as good as the flying tiger and the blue wolf, and the dismounted foot battle is difficult to defeat the Crouching Tiger and the vanguard, but when it comes to fighting fast attack and sports warfare, the dragoon army is a rare opponent in the world.

The Dragoon Army was founded by Zhang Liao, and from top to bottom they learned Zhang Liao's "rogue style" that refused to suffer losses, and when fighting the enemy on the battlefield, they always pursued the greatest victory at the lowest cost. After Li Tiezhu took over the dragoons, he continued to carry forward Zhang Liao's "rogue style" in the army, and also added a new habit learned from Zhao Xing, and pursued the practice of consuming the opponent's strength through sports warfare.

Xiahou Yuan, who was originally good at long-distance surprise attacks, met the weird and tricky Zhang Liao and Li Tiezhu, but he still had to be an opponent with the dragoons, which made him unable to display his skills, so he was naturally very depressed.

Compared to the dragoons, who are good at mobile warfare, the Xiong Gang is a completely different style. This extremely complex unit is simply synonymous with all-rounders. They are good at fighting in various battlefield environments, with the most complete arms and the most advanced equipment, which can not only cooperate with each other to launch large-scale group attacks, but also can operate alone in small groups to complete the difficult task of covert infiltration or ambush.

Under the leadership and command of Xu Shu and Ye Xiong, Xiong Zhenjun often attacked the east and west, and was active in various places that could not be defended by the imperial court troops, which made Zhang Fei very headache and annoyed, but because he could not determine the main force of Xiong Zhenjun, he had to deal with it passively.

Although the Dragoon Army and the Xiong Zheng Army were very active on the line from Rencheng to Peiguo, they always controlled the rhythm of the battlefield and did not cross Dangshan, so they did not have a large-scale head-on battle with Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei's troops.

It was not that Zhang Liao did not like large-scale frontal battles, on the contrary, he had been waiting and looking forward to a vigorous battle in Yuzhou. The main reason is that the tasks of the several route corps are different, and the primary task of the Southeast Route Corps commanded by Zhang Liao at this stage is to hold back the two main corps of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and buy time for the Northwest Route Army and the East Route Army to attack Nanyang and Yanzhou.

Zhang Liao very resolutely and thoroughly carried out the instructions of the Crouching Tiger Command, and has been hiding the main force of the Qingyu Army secretly transferred from the northeast to Xuzhou, and has not let this army appear on the battlefield, so far it is still relying on the 60,000 troops in his hands to deal with Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei.

After the news of Yanzhou's victory reached Xuzhou, Zhang Liao was naturally very happy, thinking in his heart when the eldest brother Guan Yu would come from Nanyang to bring good news, then it would be time for the Southeast Road Army to show its talents.

Zhang Liao said to his army master Pang Tong: "Shiyuan, the fourth brother killed Xiahouyuan with a gun outside Dunqiu City, do you think I should also use a knife to chop Xiahouyuan in Yuzhou?"

Pang Tong's face was originally darker, but now because of Zhang Liao's words, it has become even darker. He said angrily: "Brother Clerk, you must know that Marshal Zhao's great victory outside Dunqiu City is difficult to replicate! First of all, you don't have 20,000 Yanzhou natives under your command to give you desperate ......."

"I don't have Yanzhou native soldiers, don't I have more than 20,000 cavalry, more powerful than Yanzhou natives!" Zhang Liao interrupted Pang Tong's analysis.

Pang Tong didn't care about Zhang Liao's feelings, and continued: "Can the indigenous soldiers of Yanzhou be the same as the Fuyu cavalry? That army doesn't even have a number, and the soldiers are all captured indigenous rebels, and they are destined to be consumed on the battlefield! The Fuyu soldiers are the regular troops subordinate to the Qingyu Army, and the Qingyu Army is the main force of the three armies in the northeast, if you dare to take the lives of the Fuyu soldiers seriously, it won't be long before Zhang Xiu of the Northeast Army dares to come to you for trouble!"

was choked by Pang Tong like this, Zhang Liao had to close his mouth very depressed.

Pang Tong then continued to analyze: "The second reason why the victory of Dunqiu cannot be replicated is mainly because our current strength is limited, and it is difficult to form an encirclement of Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei in a large area. The third reason is that we cannot get effective assistance from the Northwest Route Army and the North Route Army......"

After Zhang Liao heard this, he said a little unconvinced: "If you leave Butcher Zhang, you will have to eat pigs with hair?" You said so much, didn't you just want to remind me that my martial arts are not as good as the fourth brother. ”

Pang Tong was so angry by Zhang Liao's words that his face darkened for a while......