After Sima and Xia Yue joined forces, they received direct reinforcements from Luoyang, and their strength increased to nearly 70,000.
Sima believed that this was the best opportunity for a decisive battle against the Hebei rebels who were short of food and grass, so he launched a full-scale counterattack.
First, several small camps that cooperated with Sima Ying's main camp to contain the Forbidden Army's development to the north were defeated.
The farthest Forbidden Army camp deep into the hinterland of Jizhou has reached near Chaoge City.
This means that Sima's cavalry troops can rely on this camp to quickly attack any rebel target within 20 miles.
As a result, Sima Ying's food route from Yecheng to the front line was effectively cut off.
At this time, the cold winter in the north is coming.
These forced Sima Ying to either dispatch the main force to fight the imperial army as soon as possible, or withdraw his troops.
After listening to these military intelligence reports, Sima Ying regretted not listening to Lu Zhi's words and withdrawing the main force to the front line of Yecheng.
He quickly summoned the generals to discuss military matters.
After everyone summarized the situation, they began to express their opinions.
Shi Luji in the plain suggested that all the troops should be withdrawn to the front line of Yecheng.
But instead, he was opposed by Lu Zhi.
Sima Ying asked Lu Zhi: "At the beginning, didn't you suggest to withdraw directly to Yecheng?"
Lu Zhi replied: "This time, that time.
Now the enemy has detoured back to the rear of our army to set up camp.
When our army of hundreds of thousands withdraws to the north, it will be blocked by its cavalry stationed in the camp.
The army will If we unite our forces and retreat, they will be slow to move.
They will harass us repeatedly, which will eventually cause our army's morale to collapse.
If we separate our forces and retreat, they will definitely defeat us one by one, so we must not retreat hastily at this time."
The Central Guards Shi Chao and the Champion General Qian Xiu on the side also agreed with him.
Sima Ying frowned slightly and asked, "What should I do then?"
Lu Zhi couldn't answer for a while.
Shi Chao answered: "Why not, let's fight the enemy here quickly.
Judging from the situation, they also want to fight us in the final battle."
Sima Ying shook her head and said: "That's not right.
Now that our army is unable to provide food and grass, the daily food supply for the soldiers has been reduced, and morale is low.
It is by no means a good time for a decisive battle.
Besides, even if we have to fight a decisive battle, we cannot help but follow the enemy's will. intention to go."
The champion general Qianxiu, who had been silent, expressed his opinion.
He raised his hands and said to Sima Ying: "Your Majesty, we have an army of more than 100,000.
We are far superior in strength to the opponent, so there is no reason to flee.
Yes.
Taking advantage of their strength, they divided their forces into three groups and took the initiative to besiege or even attack the enemy's positions near Chaoge.
That camp.
In addition, send a partial force to cross the Yellow River unexpectedly and attack Luoyang.
It will be better if Luoyang is strong.
If Luoyang is strong, we can also rely on the Yellow River to cut off Sima's food and grass supplies.
Even if we cannot achieve our goal, we can at least defeat the enemy.
Mobilize the containment effect, and finally our main force can safely withdraw to Yecheng."
Everyone lowered their heads and thought for a moment, thinking that what Qian Xiu said was reasonable.
Sima Ying smiled and said: "This strategy is very long, we will follow it."
Then he said solemnly: "Everyone will listen to the order."
He began to dispatch the troops one by one.
Fifty miles south of Chaoge City, inside the Forbidden Army camp.
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Xia Yue climbed up the wall of the village early and looked out.
His eyes were a little red and the circles under his eyes were slightly dark, because in the middle of the night, he was not woken up by the scouts who reported an important military information to him.
About 30,000 rebel infantry and cavalry were rapidly moving towards Chaoge.
After hearing this report, Xia Yue quickly made arrangements.
The sound of drums and trumpets suddenly sounded in the silent night sky, and the entire camp was suddenly brightly lit.
Soldiers gathered urgently The bright color on the horizon became brighter and brighter, and the entire sky gradually became brighter.
When a red sun rose leisurely from the horizon of the Hebei Plain, a large group of enemy troops appeared in the south of the camp.
The Forbidden Army soldiers in the camp were already ready for battle.
The rebels first dispatched 5,000 soldiers to conduct a tentative attack.
As expected, the five thousand attacking enemy troops were badly beaten.
They couldn't even cross the ditch outside the camp, which was not wide enough to fight, so they left the corpses on the ground with their heads shot through by arrows, or their bodies smashed by stone cannons, and fled in embarrassment.
However, Qianxiu, who commanded these rebels, didn't care.
He had no intention of taking down the camp.
When he saw that the defense of the fortress was indeed as strong as he imagined, he immediately retreated his troops.
Then, Qianxiu divided the 30,000-strong army into four groups and began to set up a camp on each side of the Forbidden Army camp.
According to the pre-planned plan, Qian Xiu only needed to contain and monitor the cavalry in the Forbidden Army camp so that they could not attack at will and then the main force of Sima Ying's army retreated north, which would be considered a success.
Some of the rebel soldiers formed a phalanx, standing ready to guard against the movements in the camp.
Others behind the phalanx began to wield hoes and shovels, sweating profusely to build trench barriers.
At this moment, a line of people and horses appeared vaguely on the western horizon.
After Qianxiu discovered this situation, he wondered in his heart: "It is unlikely that this army is our own reinforcements, but it is definitely impossible to say that it is the opponent's reinforcements.
Because our main force is still stationed behind, it will be later."
We will break up camp and have a surprise force cross the Yellow River south to contain the enemy's main force."
While he was wondering, a scout on horseback came flying to report that the military brigade was indeed the opponent's cavalry.
The shocked Qianxiu quickly redeployed.
The rebel soldiers who were defending the interior of the camp hurriedly changed their formations, and the soldiers who were building the fort also stopped their work early and hurriedly put their armor on their sweaty, shirtless bodies.
He hurriedly found his own weapon, bow and crossbow, and prepared to fight.
Some soldiers need to continue to guard against attacks from the direction of the camp, while others need to form a new military formation to the west.
The rebel cavalry also began to gather, preparing to strike the opponent from the flank.
However, it was too late.
Before Qianxiu's rebels could prepare, the opponent had already rushed fifty battles away from Qianxiu's army.
Qian Xiu could roughly see their weapons and equipment and their number of people.
This is a force composed of Wang Ting's heavy cavalry and Guaizi horses.
One thousand of them are from Luoyang, another 600 are from Xia Yue's reinforcements, and the remaining two thousand or so are Guaizi horses.
The whole army has a total of more than 4,000 cavalry.
They were originally stationed in the Forbidden Army camp, but after Xia Yue received the emergency military information in the middle of the night, he moved them out to ambush fifteen miles outside the camp.
Wait for the rebels to arrive before suddenly turning back and killing them.
Xia Yue did this because he was worried that Qian Xiu's rebels would form military formations as soon as they arrived and use crossbows to block the four gates of the camp.
In this way, the cavalry will not be able to exert its advantage, and the cavalry will simply be moved to the open area in advance.
This will not only give full play to the cavalry's advantage but also give the enemy a surprise blow.
The rebels were still arranging in panic amid the orders.
Many soldiers had just abandoned their hoes and shovels and picked up their weapons again.
Their clothes were disheveled.
Some were even shirtless.
At this time, the first batch of arrows came roaring with the momentum of the horses
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