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    Chapter 149 "The Battle Between Doors and Dogs"

    Liu Jia also smiled and said: "Jia is just worried that our more than 100,000 troops will be dragged by Zhang He to Xiliang. If this happens, it will be a bit outweighed by the gains. It will be good to win these two states." []

    Pang Tong said: "Now that Cao Cao didn't expect us to send troops so soon, he must not have made good preparations for the war. And we have sent out all our elite this time, and we are afraid that Zhang He will hold us back? Besides, why are we not fighting now? We can't  As for letting hundreds of thousands of troops waste food and grass here."

    Xu Shu said: "Since Cao Cao has given up, we will simply lock them up and beat them."

    Pang Tong said: "Yes, you agree! We will lock Zhang He's 110,000 troops in Yongzhou and Xiliang and fight slowly. Since Cao Cao is not in a hurry outside, we are not in a hurry. As long as there is time, not only these two states  It¡¯s ours, even Zhang He¡¯s 11th Army will capture 50,000 or 60,000 of them. Haha"

    Liu Jia's ambition was suddenly intensified: Yes, the Five Tiger Generals have led to the Four Tigers, and Pang De is an unnamed Five Tiger Generals. The counselors Pang Tong and Xu Shu are all top-notch, but they are still afraid of dealing with Zhang He.  Feet, those are so useless.  He looked at the map and asked excitedly: "Okay! Let's catch turtles in his jar. Where do you think we can close the hole? Where can we lock Zhang He's army?"

    Pang Tong confidently pointed to the map and said: "We will tie up our pockets in Guangwei County and collect the 30,000 new soldiers led by Zhang Wei and others. Zhang He was imprisoned in Nan'an County and Jincheng County at the junction of Xiliang and Yongzhou.  .¡±

    Several people looking at the map nodded.  From the map, the entire Yongzhou can be divided into two parts: north and south: the south from east to west is basically Jingzhao County, Fufeng County, southern Guangwei County occupied by Cao Cao, Tianshui County and Longxi County occupied by Liu Jia; the north from east to west  They are Fengyi County, Beidi County, Xinping County, Anding County, northern Guangwei County, and Nan'an County occupied by Zhang He's army.

    At the same time, Yongzhou can be divided into east and west parts from the map: only Guangwei County in Yongzhou extends from the south of Yongzhou to the north of Yongzhou. It is used as the dividing line to cut Yongzhou into east and west parts.  To the east are Jingzhao County, Fufeng County, Fengyi County, Beidi County, Xinping County and Anding County.  To the west are Tianshui County, Longxi County and Nan'an County.

    In other words, as long as Liu Jia's army occupied Guangwei County, it would be equivalent to separating Tianshui County, Longxi County, Nan'an County to the west of Yongzhou and the entire Xiliang Prefecture from the Central Plains.

    It can be said that Zhang He's army progressed very quickly. In just a few months, he not only occupied Fengyi County, Beidi County, Xinping County, and Anding County to the east of Guangwei County, but also occupied Guangwei County and its west.  Di Nan'an County and Jincheng County in Xiliang Prefecture.  Just because the journey was far away and Liu Jia's troops came too quickly, the complete conquest of Xiliang was not completed yet.

    Pang Tong¡¯s occupation of Guangwei County naturally meant to block Cao Cao¡¯s army from the outside and cut off Zhang He¡¯s connection with the Central Plains. It also constantly threatened Fufeng County and Anding County occupied by Cao¡¯s army to the east.

    Liu Jia continued Pang Tong's words and said: "Then we will divide the army into three parts: one part will be inserted behind the reinforcements Zhang Wei's army. Bring in their 30,000 troops and cut them off from Fufeng County and Anding County. Prevent them from escaping back.  Central Plains. One part is to attack Zhang He's army in the west, to prevent them from returning to the east to rescue the 30,000 new soldiers. The third part is to directly attack the tens of thousands of troops surrounded."

    After hearing Liu Jia¡¯s idea, Pang Tong and Xu Shu nodded.  Several people discussed for a while, and Xu Shu began to mobilize his troops:

    Ordered Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Ma Dai to lead 40,000 elite troops to bypass Hanzhong and cross the Weishui River to penetrate into Long County, the westernmost county of Fufeng County.  Here to block Cao's army from the Central Plains from coming in to relieve the siege;

    Ordered Huang Zhong and Pang De to lead 30,000 elite troops to attack Pingxiang City, an important town in the northwest of Guangwei County, and cut off the connection between Zhang He's army and Cao Cao's 30,000 new troops from the west;

    Ordered Ma Chao to lead the 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 light infantry handed over by Zhang Liao to attack Guangwei County from Tianshui County as a base, and attack Cao's troops as long as they were in the wild.  Forcing Cao's army to retreat back to the city, making them stay in the city and become one lone army after another;

    Liu Jia and Xu Shu led Wu Tu Gu and the remaining 60,000 troops to gradually attack other important towns in Guangwei County: from south to north, they are Guangwei County City, Qingshui City, Lueyang City, and Jingning City;

    Pang Tong and the soldiers who were originally guarding Tianshui City continued to stay at the base camp.  Here he will take over the 70,000 troops that Yu Jin is reorganizing and training, and prepare to respond or rescue various armies depending on the future development of the war situation.

    Obviously, only the 40,000 elite troops led by Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Ma Dai occupied Long County, the territory of Fufeng County, and tied the first rope in their pockets, could they prevent Cao Cao's 30,000 new troops from escaping or block further reinforcements from the interior, and their long-distance raids  It is the top priority of this battle.

    Zhao Yun and others immediately led the troops and set off after receiving the order.  Because supplies such as food, grass, weapons, etc.?They were all shipped directly from Hanzhong, so they almost traveled lightly.  Led by Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Ma Dai, the troops detoured around Hanzhong and marched day and night.  Within ten days they appeared on the banks of the Weishui River.

    Because Pang Tong was fully prepared, when Zhao Yun's army arrived at the river, the soldiers from Yangping Pass were already waiting there. They not only prepared sufficient food and weapons, but also prepared canoes and rafts.  Therefore, although it was summer here and the river was swollen, it did not delay the army at all.

    It only took two days for them all to cross the river and set foot on the land of Fufeng County.  The army marched towards Long County.

    "Report!" A detective horse came quickly.

    After seeing Zhao Yun, he quickly rolled off his saddle and dismounted, kneeling on one knee and loudly reported: "Cao Cao's 30,000-strong army, led by four generals Zhang Wei, Xu Shang, Lu Jian, and Lu Qian, has come out of Long County and is heading west.  Guangwei County advances."

    Zhao Yun asked happily: "They haven't noticed that we are here yet?"

    "No!" Tan Ma said firmly.

    "Okay!" Zhao Yun and Wei Yan looked at each other and smiled.

    Zhao Yun continued to ask: "What about the defense situation inside Long County?"

    "Now there are only 4,000 troops led by Du Xi guarding the city."

    Zhao Yun waved his hand, and then clamped the horse with his legs.  He shouted: "Drive!"

    Wei Yanze stood up from his horse's stirrups and shouted loudly to the advancing soldiers: "Speed ??up and move forward!"

    But when they were still three days away from Long County, the whereabouts of the large army was still discovered by Cao Jun's scouting horses.  The defenders of Long County City immediately became panicked. They began to hurriedly drive the people outside the city into the city and desperately prepared materials for city defense.  The 30,000-strong army that was advancing towards Guangwei County was also worried that their retreat would be cut off, so they sent Lu Qian with 5,000 soldiers to return to Longxian County to rescue them.  In addition, Du Xi, the defender of Longxian County, sent an urgent request for help of 800 miles to Cao Cao.

    After Zhao Yun received the news.  He said to Wei Yan and Ma Dai: "We can ignore it for the time being whether Cao Cao has sent reinforcements. Even if they are sent from such a long distance, we are already sleeping in the captured Dilong County city. But for Lu Qian's five thousand troops, can we?  Block them outside the city? Zhao is worried that they will increase the burden on our siege after they enter the city. It would be ideal to eliminate them outside the city."

    Wei Yan hesitated and said: "It would be good to stop them. But after so many days of continuous march, the soldiers are very tired. Now we still have three days to travel from Longxian, but they only have a little more than two days to travel from Longxian.  . If we take a detour like this to stop them, we may only be able to chase them, but instead we will let them quickly enter the city."

    Ma Dai wanted to say something but didn't say it, maybe because he thought he had joined this group and was embarrassed to interrupt.

    The attentive Zhao Yun still noticed something strange about Ma Dai and said encouragingly: "Does General Ma have a good plan?"

    Ma Dai quickly said: "It's not a good plan, but I have a rough idea. Is it possible?"

    Wei Yan patted Ma Dai on the shoulder.  Said: "The three of us are here, General Ma, do you need to be polite? Come on, tell us whether it is an idea or a strategy, let us discuss it in detail together."

    Ma Dai said: "Actually, the general's idea is very simple. It is to gather all the horses to form a cavalry and drive over day and night. We should be able to intercept them in front of them. But in this way, our army will advance at a slower speed.  We need to go slower. I wonder if it will affect our attack on Long County?"

    Zhao Yun immediately said: "The impact is a little bit. After a delay, the people in the city will be more prepared. But it is still better than letting five thousand of them enter the city to defend us. Let's settle it! We can concentrate here  With more than 800 horses, these 800 cavalry may really be able to stop them for a day or two. The defenders in the city will definitely not dare to go too far to meet them at this time."

    Seeing Wei Yan nodding, Zhao Yun said to Ma Dai: "Just bring four days of food and grass for the soldiers and horses. As soon as the army completes the task of surrounding Long County, it will immediately go to support."

    Ma Dai said: "There is no need to bring so much food and grass. We don't have many cavalry. It is not cost-effective to use some horses to carry food and grass. Yi Dai's opinion is that soldiers only need to bring their own food for three days.  enough!"

    Zhao Yun and Wei Yan both looked at Ma Dai strangely, and Zhao Yun asked, "Is three days enough? And what will our horses eat?"

    Wei Yan also said: "Even if we capture Cao's army's food and grass after the battle, what did they eat before?"

    Ma Dai said a little embarrassedly: "Now is the time when the crops in the fields are growing vigorously. The war horses can eat the crops in the fields, so as long as the soldiers can cope with it, it will be fine."

    Zhao Yun asked: "Our cavalry continues toWhen you are constantly on the road, how can you have time to go to the people to buy crops?  Even if they are found, there is no time to cut crops and feed them.  "

    Ma Dai said with a smile: "Why don't you look for the common people? Don't cut and feed them. As long as the horses are tired, let the soldiers lie on the ground to rest, drive the horses into the crop fields and let them feed themselves. Just send a dozen  I just need to keep an eye on them and not run away. Haha"

    "Ah?" Zhao Yun and Wei Yan heard this.  They all opened their eyes wide, "Isn't this a violation of military discipline of not disturbing the local people?".

    Ma Dai heard it.  He was also stunned, and a smile immediately condensed on his young face.  But I was thinking: If we are going to fight, why are we thinking so much?  Is the life of a soldier more important or the military discipline of these ghosts?

    Just when Ma Dai was thinking about it, Zhao Yun and Wei Yan looked at each other and said almost in unison: "Go away!"

    Ma Dai was delighted when he heard this.  Said: "Two generals, don't argue. Since this strategy was proposed by the general, please let the two generals go. First, the general will understand the terrain here and the local situation; second, the general will  The general's personal soldiers have grown up on horses since they were young, and are very familiar with the habits of horses. They are all masters of horse herding. Thirdly, they will hate Cao's thieves to the bone. As long as they can defeat Cao's army, they will be kings of Shu from now on.  If the general violates military discipline and chops off his head, the general will be happy."

    Wei Yan laughed and said: "Haha. If the King of Shu really wants to punish General Ma with military discipline, how can we, the two main areas, get away with each other? Wei Mou will go and settle it." At this point, Wei Yan turned to Zhao Yun again and said, "Zilong  , you are the leader of this army, of course you can¡¯t leave, just take them with you honestly.¡±

    Zhao Yun said decisively: "General Ma, just do what you want! Go and gather all the cavalry and set off immediately. General Wei will lead five thousand light infantry to respond."

    "Yes!" Upon hearing Zhao Yun's serious tone, Ma Dai and Wei Yan quickly put aside other thoughts and responded loudly.

    In less than two hours, Ma Dai set off with nearly 900 cavalry. Each soldier carried a few roasted sweet potatoes and a few cooked potatoes.  Seeing the nine hundred cavalrymen leaving in excitement, the other tired soldiers looked envious.

    Soon, Wei Yan's light infantry also began to set off.

    Along the way, Ma Dai completely followed the principle of getting food from the nearest location.  When the horses couldn't stand it anymore, they found a field with lush crops and stopped.  The horses were driven in and they feasted, while the soldiers either hunted wild beasts or captured cattle and sheep in the fields.  Be polite to those who have owners and give them some steel money. Naturally, you won't be polite to those who have no owners. If you catch them, they will slaughter them, set them up on the barbecue, and stuff them into your stomach.

    The soldiers all ate with their mouths dripping with oil.  With constant laughter, no one cares about the sad people.

    Long County is almost surrounded by hilly land with small slopes, which is suitable for cavalry to gallop. They can travel nearly three hundred miles all day long, so in less than a day they approached the 5,000 Cao army led by General Lu Qian.

    Cao Jun did not expect the Yizhou soldiers to arrive so quickly. It was not until Ma Dai's cavalry was only more than ten miles away from them that Cao Jun's scouting horse saw the mud-covered troops and hurriedly reported to the leading general Lu Qian.

    The shocked Lu Qian naturally knew what these nine hundred cavalry meant to his troops. He knew the combat effectiveness of these new soldiers under his command, and he was even more aware of the impact of the cavalry on such flat terrain with a slight slope.

    After receiving the news, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers who had formed a long snake formation to immediately shrink their ranks and form a formation.  Be prepared to defeat the enemy with superior numbers.

    But after the order was sent out.  The exhausted soldiers were unable to gather themselves together: they were ordered to turn back halfway when they were halfway, and their morale was naturally low. In addition, the team had already stretched for several miles by this time.  How can the exhausted soldiers gather together for a while?

    When Lu Qian loudly urged the soldiers to run, Ma Dai's cavalry had already rushed over with shouts. They chose those weak spots to charge from the south and went straight to the north.

    When Ma Dai's cavalry rushed over, most of Cao's troops who bore the brunt turned and fled. Most of these soldiers who were on the battlefield for the first time were really frightened: except for those who ran away, those who remained knelt down and surrendered;  Some were frightened and stood there, waiting for others to chop them down; of course, there were also strong ones who shouted and rushed forward with their knives or spears in their hands.

    But the formation in a straight line was too weak, and there were too few strong and bold soldiers. The nine hundred cavalry attacked them with almost no hindrance. The cavalry at the front only waved their steel swords a few times and charged after them.  The cavalry was just making a big show of force, and the formation was broken.  Only a few horses of Ma Dai's cavalry were injured, and even fewer cavalry were killed or injured.

    That situation can be explained with a vivid metaphor: Ma Dai¡¯s cavalry is like the blackboard brush in the teacher¡¯s hand, and Cao Jun is like a line of defense.The division drew a line with chalk on the blackboard, and with just one stroke of the cavalry brush, the line of Cao's army was cut off in the middle.

    After the cavalry passed by, dozens of corpses and hundreds of wounded soldiers were left on the ground. These wounded soldiers were either slashed with machetes or trampled by horses. Some of the seriously injured could only moan, while those with minor injuries lay on the ground.  Rolling around and crying loudly.

    The splashing blood, broken limbs, miserable cries all of a sudden turned this place into a hell on earth.

    Where have those new recruits seen this formation?  Most of them turned pale with fear, and the soldiers who were barely holding on in the distance turned around and ran away with a bang.  Running around like a headless fly.  If Lu Qian hadn't sent dozens of cavalry to supervise the battle and killed some panicked soldiers, it is estimated that these 5,000 men and horses would have collapsed after Ma Dai and the others charged so lightly.

    Driven by Lu Qian's shouts and some officers with combat experience, these Cao troops began to gather quickly. Although they did not follow Lu Qian's order to form a whole group, they moved closer to each other, and they were in the wilderness.  They were gathered in heaps, here and there.  There were more than a thousand in the big group, and three or four hundred in the small group.  They also formed a certain formation.  Although these recruits were all trembling with fear, their hands and feet were shaking involuntarily, and their eyes were looking at the Ma Dai cavalry rushing into the distance with horror.

    This is a semicircular formation, commanded by some officers or a few veterans who participated in the First and Second Battles: soldiers holding knives and spears stood in the outer circle holding the weapons in their hands tightly, and the soldiers surrounding the inside  It is an archer with a bow and an arrow.  Even the soldiers who had just knelt on the ground and put down their weapons also got up at this time, joined the circle of nearby soldiers, gripped their weapons and were on guard. At this time, almost all of them had forgotten or did not care that they had knelt down and surrendered to the enemy.  .

    Ma Dai¡¯s cavalry, who had won a victory, had higher morale and reined in their horses in the distance.  After taking a few breaths, he turned around, reorganized his formation, and attacked again. This time, he also chose those with a small number of people to rush over.  Although the resistance was greater than at the beginning, the number of their cavalry still had an absolute advantage over those small piles. In addition, these cavalry were all veterans who had been on the battlefield. Even if Cao's army formed a group, they would not be their opponents.  If the group of three to four hundred Cao soldiers could barely hold their own before the cavalry rushed over, then when one or two war horses rushed into their circle, their formation was immediately disrupted.  Although the cavalry who rushed into the circle may have been shot into hedgehogs by bows and arrows or were chopped by Cao Jun.

    The formation was in chaos, and the combat effectiveness of Cao Jun in this small formation immediately dropped. As more and more cavalry rushed in, Cao Jun, who had just mustered up morale, collapsed again, and a large area was lying down where three to four hundred Cao Jun gathered.  , Cao Jun, whose spirit was ravaged again, knelt down even more.

    After breaking through Cao's army, Ma Dai's cavalry still refused to fight.  He just rushed forward without dividing his troops to chase the soldiers running around.  It was like a violent surge, sweeping away, leaving behind dust in the sky, corpses and blood on the ground.

    Lu Qian saw something was wrong: if Ma Dai and the others were allowed to charge like this a few more times, their morale would become lower and lower. It would be impossible for his five thousand men to escape back to protect themselves, unless they went to rescue Long County.  Helpless, he had to order the troops in front to retreat slowly, and the troops behind to rush forward quickly. He wanted to gather all 5,000 troops together to compete with the hundreds of cavalry on the spot, and defeat them first to do what they wanted most in the future.  At the same time, he himself gathered all the cavalry.  Prepare to insert in front of Ma Dai's cavalry.  Slow down the enemy's impact, or take advantage of your own cavalry to fight with the opponent.  Other infantrymen surrounded these hundreds of cavalry from all directions and eliminated them. Even if they could not be eliminated, they could still lose their combat effectiveness, allowing their own team to continue moving forward.

    Ma Dai was naturally not stupid. When he saw Cao's army desperately gathering together, Lu Qian also organized more than a hundred cavalry to stand in front of his cavalry, he immediately understood what they were going to do.  He did not charge based on his will, but led the tired but high-morale cavalry in front of Cao Jun to attack the cavalry at the rear of Cao Jun's team.  At this time, most of Cao Jun's troops had already rushed to the front to gather together, leaving the migrant workers transporting grain and grass and hundreds of escorting soldiers four or five miles away from the main army.

    The battle was almost without suspense. Several hundred escort soldiers gathered together and formed a formation like the troops in front. However, they quickly collapsed under the impact of the cavalry: in addition to more than 40 people were killed, more than 300 people were killed, and two dozen were killed.  More than a hundred people surrendered, and the rest ran away everywhere. As for the migrant workers, they were lying on the ground, trembling, and kept shouting for help.  When Lu Qian's more than one hundred cavalrymen tried to come to the rescue, Ma Dai had already left one hundred cavalrymen to guard the captured grain, grass and prisoners, and rushed towards them.

    Naturally, these more than a hundred cavalrymen did not dare to offend Ma Dai's team and retreated hurriedly. They did not stop retreating until they approached the large team that had gathered together.

    While Lu Qian sent people to send a rescue letter to Long County, he ordered his one hundred cavalry to attack the horse.The troops provoked him, and he commanded the infantry in three directions: left, center and right to press towards Ma Dai and the others: even if Ma Dai could not be captured, the stolen grain and grass must be taken back.

    Chapter 149

    "The Dog Fight Behind Closed Doors"
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