On that day, Cao Xiu sent a sentry to contact Lu and Zang, and in order not to delay time, he led the army to the target Dayi Mountain.

Although Dayi Mountain is not high, only more than 200 meters, but because of the flat terrain of the Huaibei Plain, it is already a rare high point, according to which you can see the enemy around. There is irrigation water flowing through the surrounding area, and it is a rare military location. Today, Cao Xiu wants to go to Dayi Mountain, occupy a dangerous terrain, and join the Qing and Xu armies.

Along the way, because it is the Huaibei Plain, the lakes and depressions, rivers and plains are staggered, and there are many muds in the water towns.

30,000 sergeants marched mightily, the procession was more than ten miles long, the guide was in front to guide the road, the large and small carts carried the baggage, the sergeants carried bows and flags slowly, and the horsemen walked along the grass and trees on both sides of the road.

Cao Xiu held the reins and rode on the war horse, his expression gradually becoming proud.

The Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Han Dynasty fought for more than ten years, losing many defeats and few victories, first losing Jianghuai, and then abandoning Xiangfan, and repeatedly losing important military towns. Among them, the biggest threat is Liu Bei and Huo Jun.

Now Liu Bei led his troops to Guanzhong to disturb the Beijing Division; Huo Junbing went to Xu Huai, and Peng Song was lost. Fortunately, Sima Yi led his troops to block Liu Bei, and he also seized Huo Jun's flaws, and finally had a chance to defeat Huo Jun head-on.

Looking around the Huaibei Plain, which was full of jungles and water fields, Cao Xiu suddenly felt proud in his heart, and this should be the place where he became famous.

I don't know how long I walked, but the sergeant of Cao Xiu's department walked to the river, and the sun on his head was at its hottest.

Cao Xiu blocked the sun with his hand, raised his whip and pointed at the river, and asked, "Where should this place be?" ”

"General Yu, this place is called Guanchuan, and it is still fifty miles away from Dayi Mountain." The attendant replied immediately.

Looking up at the scorching sun in the sky, Cao Xiu wiped his sweat and said, "Take a break for the time being, and then go back in when the sun is slanting westward." ”

"No!"

According to the arrangement, the Wei army scouts dispersed, and the Wei soldiers moved separately, either looking for a shady place to escape the heat, or going to the waterside to draw water. Cao Xiu pointed to the map and discussed the strategy of the battle with the generals.

"Huh!"

Suddenly, a Wei pawn who was fetching water screamed, and found that there were four silver boxes placed on the riverbank, with exquisite styles, black color inlaid with silver, and the price was very expensive, as if someone had abandoned it.

"What's in the box?"

"I don't know!"

"Let's go, go over and have a look!"

The silver box is eye-catching and unusual, and most of the people on the river beach are attracted by it, whether they are greedy or curious, and they all lead them over.

The Wei pawns leaned over and listened to the sound coming from the box, which couldn't help but make them wonder. Among them, there are brave people who directly reach out and are about to open the silver box. With one person taking the lead, everyone who suspected that there was money in the box scrambled with each other to open the box first, for fear that the good things would be snatched away.

Wei Zu, who was the first to open the box, felt something flying out of the box before he had time to look at it, and subconsciously blocked his face with his hand, so as not to hurt him. But it was a flock of pigeons that flew out of the silver box, fluttering wings.

"Goo~"

At the same time, a large number of pigeons also flew out of the remaining three silver boxes.

In addition to the fluttering of wings, each pigeon has a whistle strapped to its leg, which makes a 'whoosh' sound under the action of the air currents brought by the pigeon's flying.

A pigeon is good, hundreds of pigeons fly into the air together, and its sharp whistle resounded in the sky, attracting the Wei soldiers under the shade of the trees and on the river beach to look up curiously.

"What sound?"

Cao Xiu, who was discussing with the generals, heard the whistle in the sky, and reacted the same as everyone else, and couldn't help but look up.

"The whistle?"

Chang Diao's ears were sensitive, and he asked blankly, "Where did the whistle come from?" ”

"But the enemy?" Zhuge Qian subconsciously became nervous and asked.

Cao Xiu's eyes were sharp, and he quickly spotted the pigeons flying densely in the sky, and said, "In the sky!" ”

The crowd followed their fingers and saw a large number of pigeons flying south.

"Why is this bird whistling?" Someone asked in confusion.

"I don't know!"

The flock of birds and the whistle suddenly made the generals of the Wei army fall into a temporary confusion.

Although Cao Xiu didn't know the role of this group of pigeons, he looked at the flock of pigeons that suddenly appeared in the sky, and the sudden change made him feel a little bad premonition in his heart, and a sense of uneasiness enveloped his heart.

While the crowd was confused, the attendant came running quickly and said, "General, the soldier who fetched the water, they found four silver boxes on the river beach, and the pigeons in the sky flew out of them. ”

Boxes, pigeons, whistles!

The three of them thought back and forth in Cao Xiu's mind, and suddenly figured out something, his scalp suddenly went numb, his body was cold, and his heart turned into fear.

"General!" The squire shouted.

Before the words fell, Cao Xiu looked anxious and panicked, and shouted: "Order all the troops to fight, put on armor and crossbows, and be careful of the attack of the thief army." ”

"Where did the thieves come from?" The attendant, who was slow to react, asked confusedly.

Cao Xiu beckoned the generals to return to their respective departments, and said anxiously: "How can there be a flock of birds in an ordinary box?" And why do the birds whistle? I am afraid that this is a trap set by water thieves, and our army will expose its traces, and there will be ambushes on the left and right! ”

"What?"

The generals of the Wei army were terrified, and quickly returned to their headquarters and ordered the soldiers under their tents to put on armor and prepare for battle.

In normal times, in order to march quickly, most of the soldiers do not march in armor, and only when they are close to the enemy and are about to fight the enemy, they will march in armor. After all, the armor is heavy, and the weather is hot, and the ordinary soldiers can't stand it at all.

This is also why ancient armies were afraid of being ambushed. Not only is he mentally unprepared, but he is also unprepared for battle.

Twenty miles away, on a mound.

Huo Jun, who was sitting on the chair, listened to the fast horse that came to the report, said that he was a servant left and right, and said with a smile: "Cao Xiu has been hit by me, and now he will be discouraged." ”

"Order Huo Du and Ding Feng to lead the foot soldiers to press, so as not to get into a fight and be defeated by the enemy."

"No!"

"Woo~"

The soldiers raised their horns, took a deep breath and blew, and the dull sound of the horn echoed in the sky, making the flag fly and dance.

The jungle was silent before, the trees swayed, and the birds flocked. Then, the sound of the golden drum was like thunder, and the flag suddenly came alive and marched towards the wind.

After receiving Huo Jun's military order, Huo Du and Ding Feng led their foot soldiers to kill the Wei army, which was about to be attacked by the cavalry more than ten miles away.

"Cao Xiu was ambushed and attacked, congratulations to the governor, and make another meritorious service!" Jiang Ji celebrated with a smile.

"Cao Xiu has not yet been defeated, and the second army of Zang and Lu is still in the north, so it should be early to win!" Huo Jun said.

As he spoke, Huo Jun raised his white whip and pointed forward, and said with a smile: "Let's watch the armies break the enemy!" ”

"No!"

Cao Xiu gave up the temptation of Dayi Mountain Grain Village, and instead set it as a trap to lure Huo Jun's army here, and attacked Huo Jun from the elite of Heqing and Xu Erzhou. Not only can it be seen that his ambitions are great, but he also can't help but admit that Cao Xiubing is really outstanding.

But Cao Xiu didn't know that Huo Jun had already set his sights on him. The reason why he didn't dare to go north to Xu Huai was not because he didn't want to, but because as Man Zhong and Jia Kui said, he couldn't move lightly. Jianghuai does not have many soldiers and horses, if Huo Jun uses troops in advance, Cao Xiu, who is stationed in Shouchun, will inevitably make some moves.

and Gao Xiang and Chen Yue were defeated, Huo Jun knew that he had to act, so he went to Huaipu with great fanfare, indicating that he was going to move troops to cross Huai to the north, and let Cao Xiu make a judgment.

In fact, Huo Jun had predicted several options for the Wei army.

According to Jia Kui's words, the soldiers went to Hefei. Huo Jun will send troops to Xiapi and directly enter the empty Xiapi City, and then force Zang Ba and Lu Qian to return to their divisions and attack them in the middle of the road.

Under the defeat of Xu Huai's army, Cao Xiu will inevitably return to Xuzhou, and Huo Jun will enter Licheng in the east, with his back to Yuzhou, and seek the opportunity to fight Cao Wei again.

According to Cao Xiu's strategy, he led the army to the east and cooperated with Zang and Lu. Huo Jun will take the initiative to expose his position, lure Cao Xiu into the army, defeat Cao Xiu first, and then seek to break Zang and Lu.

Cao Xiu was indeed lured by Xu Sheng's subordinates and pushed east again and again. And the self-violence grain is also Huo Jun's bait for Cao Xiu, after all, the best hunters often appear as prey.

Huo Jun has fought for so many years, and his combat style is particularly distinct, in addition to being good at rushing operations, he is also good at mobilizing the enemy, selecting the battlefield environment, and setting up pocket formations.

For example, in the battles of Wanshui, Jinkou, and Kasawa, whenever the enemy army entered the battlefield set up by Huo Jun, it was like a moth falling into a spider's web, and it was difficult to break free easily.

If Huo Jun is compared with Han, Bai, and Wei, it can only be said that they have their own distinctive characteristics. Han Xin's soldiers are elegant, peerless generals, known as soldiers and immortals, worthy of the name; Acting at the right time, seeing the slight and knowing the situation, is the hero of the soldiers; Wei Qing is bold and careful, Zhengqi is mutually compatible, and he has created a mixed tactic of riding a bicycle to drive the Huns to the desert.

The reason why the commander of the soldiers has formed such a style has a lot to do with the external combat environment and his own personality.

For example, Liu Bei was born in Zhuo County, Youzhou, made good use of cavalry, and had strong frontal combat ability. Except for Cao Cao and Lu Bu, Liu Bei almost didn't coax anyone.

In the early days, the second Liu went down to Jiangdong, Huo Jun took the waterway, Liu Bei took the land route, the two armies marched together with a great victory, and the troops arrived in Wu County. Without Liu Bei being held back head-on and defeating Sun Quan's army, Huo Jun would inevitably be unable to win.

In the middle period, Liu Bei fought with Cao Cao several times at Weixukou and Wuhan, and most of them resisted Cao Cao's main force with outnumbered soldiers. After a few battles, Liu Bei's own authority in the country was established, after all, his ability was insufficient, why did he create the Southern Han Dynasty?

In the face of large-scale battles, Liu Bei's frontal combat ability is difficult to highlight due to various factors. And Liu Bei is not a peerless general like Xiang Yu, so he is naturally more and more powerless.

Until the battle, Liu Bei raised his elite troops and rushed into the pass, returned to his familiar combat methods, advanced head-on, broke through all the dangers in a row, shook Wei Ting, and killed under Chang'an City.

Huo Jun, on the other hand, started from the beginning of the army, because the enemy had many troops and strong horses, most of his battles were almost outnumbered, and there were few superior forces to fight.

Under the needs of the war of outnumbering the people, Huo Jun not only had to train elite soldiers, but also think about how to defeat strong enemies. And the best way to defeat a strong enemy is often to preset the battlefield, invite you into the urn, and divide and attack it.

Now that Cao Xiu is trying to set up a battlefield and fight with Huo Jun to divide the victory and defeat, it can only be said that Cao Xiu is too young, but he did not know that he entered the trap designed for him by Huo Jun from the beginning.

The Huaibei Plain is vast, and there are no hills and dense forests to hide, but the Huaibei Water and Wild Township has been uninhabited for a long time, and reeds grow in large numbers in the mud.

The 4,000 light and heavy cavalry were divided into small groups of cavalry, each hiding in the surrounding reeds. The scouts went to the periphery of the reeds, because the reeds were dense, and the wind blew and moved, only the white and yellow reeds were seen, and the ambush soldiers could not be seen at all.

The 4,000 cavalry belong to all the belongings of Jianghuai, and after more than ten years of raising horses and practicing riding, they can finally assemble for a battle today. In order to quickly defeat Cao Xiu, Huo Jun concentrated on assault use, in order to make it too late for Cao's army to form a formation.

When the carrier pigeon flies and the whistle whistles through the sky, it is a signal for the cavalry to attack.

The cavalry each came out of the reeds, and under the effect of banners, horns, and markers, the four thousand cavalry gathered from all over the place, and under the leadership of the cavalry generals, they killed Cao Xiu's headquarters.

"Boom~"

The roar of tens of thousands of horses' hooves trampling the ground seemed to be a wave formed by the convergence of many waves, about to slap Wei Zu. The sound of galloping came from far and near, and the cavalry came from withering and decaying, rushing towards the Wei pawn who was still in armor.

"The thieves are here!"

The Wei pawns on the periphery were powerless to resist, and fled frantically, screaming in terror. There are even more timid and fearful, slumped to the ground, unable to struggle several times.

Tens of thousands of Wei soldiers had their own actions, or they walked away in fear, or they followed the generals, or they wanted to fight hard. However, the Han cavalry came too fast and too fast, some of the Wei soldiers had not yet put on their armor, and some obeyed the military orders and prepared to assemble, and there were still many steps before they could fight in formation.

Listening to the dull thunder, Cao Xiu turned over and got on his horse, wanting to fight with the Han cavalry with a lance.

Seeing that the soldiers were uneven, the attendant pulled Cao Xiu's reins and said, "General, our army is unprepared, it is better to withdraw the army now!" ”

Hearing this, Cao Xiu was furious, whipped his attendants, and said: "How can you lead the army to join the expedition without a fight." ”

"Prepare for war!"

(End of chapter)