Wei Yan's style of leading the troops to fight is brave and tenacious, although he will also use some strategies, but it is obvious that the marching route that is so out of the way after entering Dongjun is definitely not from Wei Yan's hand.

That was Jiang Wei's way of using soldiers.

In the battle of Taoxi in history, Jiang Wei used this way of dividing troops to confuse Wang Jing to be fooled, coupled with Wang Jing's brain-dead formation in Taoshui, which led to the defeat of the Wei army and almost couldn't hold Yongzhou.

At this time and space, Jiang Wei once again suggested to Wei Yan that he use this method of dividing troops to lure the enemy.

This time, Jiang Wei is not the commander, and he has no right to decide the combat mode of the first army on his own.

But fortunately, although Jiang Wei is not the coach this time, his coach is Wei Yan.

Wei Yan's style of using troops is not known for his calmness, he is a person who is willing to take risks, and Jiang Wei's suggestion of dividing troops to lure the enemy is really very appetizing to Wei Yan.

There is one thing to say, Wei Yan is actually very optimistic about Deng Ai and Jiang Wei. Although these two people, one is Zhang Xi's disciple, and the other is also the person Zhang Xi found and promoted, Wei Yan always felt that the style of these two people's use of troops was as compatible with himself as thunder and thunder.

Compared with the timid and afraid Zhang Yuanchang, it is much more pleasing to the eye.

Since the two of them met each other to send troops to Dongjun, it can be said that they are quite compatible, Jiang Wei and Wei Yan are about to mix into one voice, so much so that Wen Qin wants to persuade the two to be a little more stable, and no one listens to what they say.

There are only three leading generals in the partial division, Wei Yan is the commander, and Jiang Wei is the nominal general of the Northern and Southern Army. Whether it was an official position or a wartime command, Wen Qin had to listen to the decisions of these two men.

Wen Qin, that depressed.

Anyway, Wei Yan obeyed Jiang Wei's strategy this time, and made such a big move in the hinterland of Yanzhou, causing a lot of chickens and dogs to jump in Jiyin County, Dong County, and Shanyang County.

If Wang Jing is the history of Yanzhou's assassination, maybe the entire Yanzhou is already in chaos now, and those soldiers in the north of Yanzhou will probably be transferred back and forth by Wei Yan and others until they are tired of coping, and then Jiang Wei can find a place to ambush them, and it will be decided in a battle.

Can. This time, the opponent of Jiang Wei and others is Jia Kui.

Wang Jing and Jia Kui are not characters at the same level, and even Xiahou He is much stronger than that Wang Jing in terms of caution in responding to battles.

Therefore, although Jiang Wei's strategy also made the people of Jiyin County and Shanyang County panic, there were not many Wei troops actually mobilized, which just forced Cao Zhao and his cavalry team to be a little embarrassed.

Jia Kui and Xiahou and the two, one of them always moved in Chenliu County, and did not immediately enter Jiyin County. The other is shrinking at the touch of a touch, and now it has retracted to defend Puyang, and has not even left the fifty miles around Puyang County. Wei Yan suspects that these two people are the personal disciples of Zhang Yuanchang, right?!

But in any case, the purpose of mobilizing the Wei army's infantry for field battles was not achieved.

Seeing that the people in these two places really didn't move, Wei Yan really couldn't wait.

It has been almost twenty days since he led the troops into Dongjun, except for Wen Qin, who harvested a supply when he broke through Lihu County, the other two roads of men and horses have been in the process of marching, and the grain and grass have been consumed a lot.

Therefore, Wei Yan's idea was to take advantage of the fact that the grain and grass were not yet bottoming out, and simply led the troops to conquer Dingtao.

Dingtao is a large county in Jiyin County, there must be a lot of grain and grass reserves here, after harvesting these grain and grass as supplies, and then directly fight hard, break Jia Kui's troops in Waihuang County, kill into Chenliu County, and cooperate with the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army fighting in Yanling.

But if he did this, Jiang Wei still raised an objection - this is not a surprise, the enemy will be saved.

Moreover, Dingtao is located in the middle of Jiyin County, and it is a big city, so it must be a complete city defense, although the defenders are insufficient, but to capture here, it is not a day or two can be done.

And now, there are more than 20,000 Cao Wei infantry and 20,000 Cao Wei cavalry around Jiyin County, once it is unfavorable to attack Dingtao County, or captured, but if a lot of time is wasted, the enemy will seize the opportunity to surround it.

Therefore, Jiang Wei suggested that instead of continuing to entangle in Jiyin County, he would go north through Jiyin County to attack Zhencheng, another big city in Dongjun.

On the one hand, Zhencheng also has enough grain and grass to hoard, and the attack on Zhencheng in the north and the attack on Dingtao in the south are not too big for the Han army's partial division in Chengshi County, and the remaining grain and grass are enough to support.

On the other hand, attacking Zhencheng, you can once again mobilize Xiahou He, who has retracted back to Puyang County, and Jia Kui's army stationed in Waihuang County, especially Xiahou He in Puyang.

If Xiahou He sent troops to the rescue, then Wei Yan could easily set up an ambush and defeat Xiahou He in the field, thus pacifying Dongjun in one fell swoop.

If Xiahou He does not send troops to the rescue, then after capturing Zhencheng, Wei Yan's troops can even enter Taishan County after obtaining supplies, and then kill back to Shanyang County from Taishan County, so that the entire Yanzhou will fall into chaos.

At that time, I didn't believe that Sima Yi in Yanling would still be able to sit still.

This is Jiang Wei's suggestion, but there is a small problem here.

In case Xiahou He really stood still in Puyang, Jia Kui didn't do anything in Waihuang County, just let Zhen Cheng hold on for a while. Let 20,000 Jizhou cavalry chase and hang them, what should I do?!

Although Wei Yan and others have the advantage of troops, no matter how elite the northern and southern armies of the Han Dynasty are, the chances of winning with frontal cavalry will still not be too high.

In desperation, it is not the same thing to fight against it.

Therefore, Wen Qin still pointed out his concern about the threat of Cao Wei's cavalry.

But this problem, although it is not unsolvable, the way to solve it is not in Wei Yan and others.

Cavalry, the best way to deal with it is naturally to hand it over to the cavalry, which is what Pound should do.

And Xu Shu sent Pang De to attack Yanzhou from the south of Yanzhou, not only to sabotage along the way, but also to attract Yanzhou's cavalry troops to the south and clear the biggest threat to Wei Yan and others after entering Dongjun.

So. Although it was inconvenient to communicate with each other, Wei Yan still chose to believe Pound.

At this time, Pang De did not live up to Wei Yan's trust, he had already led the Liangzhou cavalry under his command to kill Peiguo at the junction of Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and was turning north and heading in the direction of Shanyang County.

And according to the scout's report, in Shanyang County, traces of the main force of the Wei thief Jizhou cavalry were found.

Pang De has been a captain in Liangzhou for more than ten years, and he has nothing to do with a group of Qianghu cavalry, and he is already familiar with the use of cavalry.

After accepting the Liangzhou cavalry left by Zhao Yun, Pang De reorganized the cavalry corps according to his own understanding, and at the same time established his prestige in the army, and even Pang De can confidently say that the 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry under his command are much stronger than the Liangzhou cavalry led by Zhao Yun in terms of the quality of soldiers and the proficiency of cavalry tactics.

In the face of the Qianghu cavalry, Pang De was basically a god-like existence, and he had no opponents in the Xiliang region at all. Now that he has entered the Guannai battle, Pang De also wants to take the opportunity to understand what kind of level the world-famous Cao Wei cavalry is.

Of course, Pound is confident, but it does not mean that Pound is proud. As a cavalry general who has led the army to fight for more than ten years, Pound still has the basic qualities he should have.

After discovering the traces of the cavalry corps led by Cao Zhao, Pang De did not run into it stupidly, but carefully analyzed the battle situation, formulated a preliminary battle plan, and sent his own light cavalry to find out the location and size of Cao Zhao's cavalry first.

On the contrary, Cao Zhao's side is a little reckless.

On the one hand, Cao Zhao has a family tradition of Cao Xiu in cavalry command, but he does not have much experience in actual combat. Cao Rong also had no choice, the short man pulled out the general, so Cao Zhao was promoted.

Otherwise, there is no way, whether it is the Cao clan or the Xiahou clan, there are really not a few generals in the past, Cao Zhao is already a general who can still be used among the clan generals.

The rest of the clan candidates, such as Cao Yu and Xiahou Xuan, both of them take the political line and don't know much about the military.

Therefore, even if Cao Zhao is not enough in terms of ability or experience, he still has to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the Jizhou cavalry.

On the other hand, Cao Zhao's temperament is really not much better than his father.

Cao Zhao actually knows what is the reason why his father's popularity has been mixed up for so many years, so on weekdays, Cao Zhao still consciously restrains his temper and makes himself as easy as possible not to get angry.

After all, Cao Zhao also knows that his father has the ability and capital to be impatient, but he is not qualified in terms of ability or military exploits.

Can. Cao Xiu's son, in the end, is still Cao Xiu's son.

Usually Cao Zhao can restrain his temper, but now. Three or four times in a row, I didn't know what to call for transfers, and completely ignited Cao Zhao's hidden temper.

No matter which of you passed on the military orders, Lao Tzu doesn't listen to them now.

In addition, Pang De's cavalry scouts can detect Cao Zhao's traces, and the cavalry under Cao Zhao's command also has this ability, Cao Zhao feels that since he has found the traces of the Shu thief cavalry, he must decide the outcome in a battle.

It is not easy for anyone to give orders again.

For this reason, Cao Zhaoli led his troops south, from Shanyang County, to enter Peiguo, and took the initiative to seek an opportunity to fight Pang De.

And soon, at the junction of Peiguo and Shanyang County, he encountered 5,000 light cavalry sent by Pang De to make a tentative attack.

Cao Zhao was not polite at all, relying on the advantage of troops, he did not make a temptation, and directly pressed the whole army, and directly caught Pound's 5,000 light cavalry is a fat beating, and the light cavalry sent by Pound was beaten back in embarrassment.

After the victory of the first stop, Cao Zhao rejoiced and continued to lead his troops south.

And this time, Pang De personally led the remaining 15,000 cavalry to face Cao Zhao head-on.

The main cavalry forces of both sides fought a decisive battle in the territory of Peiguo.

(End of chapter)