Lu Bu habitually patted the head of the sitting red rabbit. After half a moon in the mountains, I finally saw the open land. But it is also limited, compared with Chengdu plain, the terrain here is still not too wide. But it's enough, and there are only more than 30,000 people brought this time, and you don't need too much territory to put on a stand.

10,000 elite Blood Banner Army, 20,000 militia. Coupled with the accompanying more than 50,000 baggage troops, a total of 80,000 people and horses went out of Sichuan with Lu Bu. The deputy general under his command is Wu Yi, and there are three strategists in the army. The target is Yidu City, which is currently under Liu Biao.

The location of Yidu City is very unique, and it is a bridgehead with a very superior geographical location for Sichuan, that is, Yizhou, where the Blood Banner Army is located. As long as Yidu is taken, Kawauchi's power will be stabbed into Liu Biao's body. It can radiate Xinye, Jiangxia, Jiangling, Changsha and other key places, stirring the entire Jingzhou land into a puddle of mud, and even quickly dividing it into two.

Lu Bu subconsciously looked to the north, nearly a thousand miles away from where he was now, there was a second army led by Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, the same number, but the target was Xiangyang.

Xiangyang is the seat of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and once it is taken, Liu Biao's power will decline greatly in momentum.

If Xiangyang and Yidu City fall into the hands of the Blood Banner Army at the same time, the gate of the entire Jingzhou will be completely open to the Blood Banner Army. And Liu Biao could only retreat east to Jiangling. This was also an important part of the previous battle plan: divide the troops into two routes, occupy Xiangyang and break eastward, until it stops after Jiangling. Occupy the capital city and then go south, until Lingling.

I didn't think about swallowing the entire Jingzhou region in one bite. The reason for this is known to Lu Bu, which is to wait to see how Cao Cao in the north will launch an offensive against the south, and then respond.

In general, Lu Bu felt that the strategic goals at this stage were not very difficult, and could even be said to be simple. Others don't know the combat power of the Blood Banner Army now, but he Lu Bu knows it very well. Not to mention far, if he casually draws out a militia in his army, he can be used as an elite in other forces, but the elite of the Blood Flag Army, which one is not an existence with one enemy ten or even stronger?

Although Liu Biao is known as one of the "Eight Horses", his mental means are all top-notch talents, but these are all clouds of smoke in Lu Bu's eyes. In the face of crushing power, what is the use of Liu Biao's intelligence?

Sixty miles ahead is Yidu City! The city is nine zhang high, rammed earth city wall, the number of soldiers on the city wall is more than 1,000, and no preparations for war have been found, and people have normal entry and exit at both gates. ”

"Order, the whole army camped on the spot, collected materials in the forest, and began to prepare for the siege. Order the waiting battalion to enter the city in disguise, pay close attention to the movements in the city, and report back quickly if there is any change. The inspector was ordered to start patrolling the camp, and all fireworks were banned from the camp within three days, and those who violated the order were beheaded. Three days later, in the early morning, make a fire and make food, and the whole army will attack the city!"

"Whoa!"

According to the previous information, there are 4,000 defenders in Yidu City, and they are not the elite under Liu Biao, and the defenders are also an unknown person, this kind of city, according to Lu Bu's prediction, can be broken in three days at most.

Three days is the time to break the city, but the preparation time is at least three days. Because many siege equipment, such as ladders, need to be made by carpenters with the army. Otherwise, how to march through the mountains with a long ladder?

Of course, three days is enough to make some ladders, and there is no need to think about other large siege equipment. Lu Bu didn't think that a small Yi could let himself use anything other than the ladder.

The three-day ban on fireworks is to hide and hide. Minimize the possibility of being discovered by the defenders of Yidu. The soldiers ate all the bread and dried meat that they had to do for three days with the spring water. In this era of famine everywhere in the world, it is fortunate to have something to eat, and the soldiers never mind whether it is hot or not.

More than 10,000 soldiers felled wood, 3,000 carpenters rushed to work day and night, and with the cooperation, by dawn on the third day, 300 ten-zhang ladders were made. All the men began to make a fire and make food. The large bowl of dry rice is spiked, drizzled with a layer of gravy, and with two large slices of fat meat and a few slices of dried vegetables, it is an excellent war rice. This meal, everyone is well fed, this is the rule. No one knows if there will be a life to eat in the next meal.

"Raise the flag! Pull out the camp! The whole army marches 30 miles! The Chinese army presses the formation, the front army rushes forward to clear all obstacles, and it is necessary to establish a position ten miles away from Yidu before the Chinese army arrives!"

Lu Bu gave an order in the tent, the generals agreed, and then the whole army began to pull out the camp.

Wu Yiqin led the front army of 2,000 blood banner army and 3,000 militiamen, of which 500 cavalry and the rest were infantry, and rushed towards Yidu first.

The distance of sixty miles is not close, what Wu Yi has to do is to clear the way for the army, and build a defense line ten miles outside Yidu City to welcome the arrival of the army. This time must be completed before noon.

Yidu City, from the defender to the people under his rule, never thought that the threat would come from his west. Because in their opinion, the west is just a group of mountain bandits entrenched in Yizhou. His lord is Liu Biao, one of the eight horses, even if he doesn't fight here, even if he gives face, dare to come on the other side?

Therefore, Yidu has always placed a guard in the north to prevent Cao Cao.

However, when the sergeant on duty on the city wall looked up and noticed a cloud of dust and smoke rising in the distance, it was only then that the defenders of Yidu realized that something was wrong. Hurriedly gathered the people, closed the city gate and blew the horn at the same time, all this was done, and you could already see a blood-red mottled wordless banner appear in the field of vision from a distance!

It's the Blood Banner Army!Is it the Blood Banner Army!?Are they crazy?

Regardless of whether the Blood Banner Army is crazy or not, anyway, the defenders of Yidu City can't sit idly by, right? From top to bottom, the tone is: The big guy works hard, this is the mountain bandit who came to give us military merits!

Before the defense system was fully set up, the city gate was opened again, and all the 800 cavalry in the city rushed out, ready to say hello to the Blood Banner Army, which stopped ten miles outside the city. He even had the intention of crushing the enemy as soon as he had the opportunity. After all, they are a regular army, and a group of mountain bandits know what kind of battle formation? If they can take Sichuan, it is all Liu Zhang's mediocrity, and it will only be easier to replace them.

Seeing the 800 Yidu defenders rushing out of the city, Wu Yi, the general of the former army, waved his hand and asked his subordinates to draw out 300 cavalry to meet the battle, and then he didn't bother to look at it at all, and seized the time to urge the infantry under his command to set up a temporary camp in case the Chinese army came to listen to it.

Compared with the Yidu City cavalry that was killed, the Blood Banner Army only sent 300 cavalry to meet it. The two sides met six miles outside the city. As a result, nothing came of it. In less than half an hour, all the 800 horsemen from Yidu City were sent to their heads, and they were cut off and tied behind the saddle of the Blood Banner Army by Dang Chenggongxun, and brought back to their positions.

Originally, who could be a cavalry member in the Blood Banner Army was not an elite who had drunk the divine water four or five times? What can the cavalry of Yidu City do if they are not crushed? This is a complete gap in hard power, and there is no reason to talk about it.

Eight hundred cavalrymen, six miles out of the city, all fled back, and the battle losses were 800 to zero. Such a bloody result directly slapped the defenders who were still full of confidence several times. At this time, they understood one sentence: It's not that the Raptors are not the river.

(End of chapter)