"Now that the situation in the north has deteriorated and Qingxu and the two prefectures are in crisis, I must take the initiative to ask Your Majesty for military power and unify the command of the army in the north, so that I can do what I want to do and keep the enemy out of the country."
After listening to the scout's report, Li Jing's face was solemn, and he immediately ordered Chen Dengdai, who joined the army, to repair a letter and send it to Tongguan with flying pigeons, and asked the Son of Heaven to unify the command of the northern army, including Zheng Chenggong's naval division in Qingzhou, and Qin Qiong's Xuzhou army.
"The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, the governor can bravely take on heavy responsibilities, it is really the blessing of the Han Dynasty" Chen Deng was full of praise for Li Jing's decision, waved his pen and wrote quickly, and soon completed the revision of the book, and sent it to the direction of Tongguan through the carrier pigeon.
As soon as the letter was sent, another scout came to report: "Qi Yu Dudu, I found that Cao Jun had left Nanpi and went to Rao'an, suspected of falling for the Dudu's plan to lure the enemy, and went to Panguling to burn grain." ” Li Jing was overjoyed when he heard this, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty really expected things to be like a god, I didn't expect Xu You to have such a big effect, since the Cao army has taken the bait, then the whole army will abandon the Gaocheng camp and kill Panguling, meet the soldiers and horses commanded by Wei Qing, and strive to annihilate all this Cao army, and avenge the team led by Wei Wenchang."
Hua Mulan took a step forward and asked, "Marshal, do you want to send someone to attack Nanpi?"
Li Jing shook his head: "There is no need to attack Nanpi, as long as the Cao army that went to Panguling to rob grain is annihilated, then Cao Bin's army will be greatly injured and lose the role of the Yecheng barrier, and my 180,000 army will drive straight into Yecheng and go straight to Yecheng."
Li Jing got up and pointed to the map, and analyzed the generals under his command: "Once the Nanpi is broken, the only one north of the Yellow River that can defend Yecheng is the Xiahou Yuan Corps stationed in the plain, but after the division of troops to Leyi, it is estimated that there are only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses left in the plain.
And there is no danger in Jizhou to hold, even if Xiahou Yuan comes to intercept our army, it can be completely defeated, so as to smash Yecheng" Qin Liangyu applauded: "The Governor's strategy is a yang strategy, as long as he can severely damage Cao Bin's army, he can unimpeded sword pointing at Yecheng."
Even if Cao Cao knew that the governor was preparing to attack Yecheng, he could only watch as far as he could quench his thirst."
Li Jing shook his head and said: "General Qin is only half right, the distance from Qiaojun to Yecheng and Nanpi to Yecheng is almost equal, and Yanxian where Cao Ren is stationed is only four hundred miles away from Yecheng.
But because he was restrained by Yue Fei and Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao was powerless, if he dared to retreat desperately, then our three teams could even form a joint encirclement in Yecheng, as long as they could defeat Xiahou Yuan's interception, Yecheng would be at your fingertips."
"Whether to send soldiers and horses to block the rescue of the Tang Army" Mulan, who has given birth to two sons to Li Jing, has always been her husband's virtuous helper, and every time she makes suggestions, she does her best, lest there be a flaw.
Li Jing smiled at his wife, and said confidently: "Since I lost Zhang Wu to the Tang army, I have already taken precautions, from Zhang Wu to Gaocheng is one hundred and twenty miles, and then to Rao'an is fifty miles, the whole journey is one hundred and seventy miles, even if the Tang army attacks now, it will take nearly two days to reach the battlefield, and two days is enough for our army to completely annihilate the Cao army." ” After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Of course, in order to prevent Li Ji from sending cavalry to help, he should still do some ambushes on the road to block the rescue of the Tang army. ” Li Jing's voice fell, and his eyes swept to Yujuluo and Luo Yi: "The two of you each lead 15,000 soldiers and horses to choose a dangerous place to set up an ambush, and if the Tang cavalry comes to help, they will be intercepted and killed."
If the Tang army does not come, after our army advances to Yecheng, the two of you will lead your troops to break off and block the pursuit of the Tang army. ” "Obey the orders of the governor" Yu Juluo and Luo Yi came out together, and they gave their hands to receive the order with great dignity.
When he received the arrow, Luo Yi swore again: "Since joining the command of the governor, the last general has not made great achievements, and has been looking forward to the coming of the big war, and now he can finally get what he wants."
As long as the Tang army comes to pursue, the last general and the eighteen horsemen under his command will definitely let him come and go and avenge my nephew Luo Cheng."
Li Jing admonished: "Then Li Yuanba is really a wild beast, even Cunxiao is not his opponent, if you meet this person, you must not fight head-on, you only need to use a bow and arrow to block his charge." ” Luo Yi gave up his hand and took the order: "Don't worry, the last general is not a reckless man, and he will act when he sees the opportunity" Yu Juluo and Luo Yi each lit 15,000 soldiers and horses to find a dangerous place to set up an ambush, and Li Jing ordered Chen Deng and Tian Yu to escort the grain and grass, and he and Hua Mulan, Qin Liangyu, Guan Sheng, Luo Guanzhong and others led all the soldiers and horses to leave the Gaocheng camp and kill Panguling in Rao'an County to support Wei Qing, and strive to annihilate the Cao army that came to rob the camp as quickly as possible.
In order to confuse the Tang army scouts, Li Jing ordered that the camp should not be pulled, not even the flag should be moved, and the empty camp was set up.
Even if it can delay the Tang Army for half a day, it is also crucial to the battle situation.
With Li Jing's order, 70,000 Han troops rushed to Panguling with light equipment, Chen Deng and Tian Yu escorted grain and grass behind, while Luo Yi and Yujuluo found a dangerous road and set up ambushes to prevent the Tang army from coming to the rescue, so as to buy time for the main army to annihilate Cao's army.
It's the height of summer, the vegetation is luxuriant, and the climate is hot.
Pangu Ridge is named because it resembles a big axe, and legend has it that it was transformed into a big axe after Pangu's death.
The granary set up by Li Jing is surrounded by mountains, and of course the grain inside has long been transferred, replaced by some dry firewood, artemisia grass and other flammable materials.
In the midst of the grass and trees all over the mountains, Wei Qing commanded Li Cunxiao, Ma Chao, Gao Gao, Tai Shici and other four tiger generals to lead 70,000 soldiers and horses to conceal their whereabouts.
"Hurry up, hurry, the whole army is in a hurry, and there are seven or eight miles away to reach the granary of the Han army in Panguling" Cao Bin rode his horse and carried a gun, and loudly commanded 50,000 Cao soldiers to speed up the march.
Since leaving Nanpi City after noon, the whole army of 50,000 Cao soldiers hurried out, and it took half a day and most of the night to rush sixty or seventy miles, and it was close to the granary of the Han army in Panguling.
Xia Luqi had a black-maned horse under his crotch, and he galloped first with a Zhangba Rolling Cloud Gun, and kept shouting in his mouth: "Soldiers speed up, Xiahou Yuan's team has completely annihilated Wei Yan's corps, and we can't lag behind, this time we must burn Li Jing's grain and grass, kill him and lose his armor."
Under the bright moonlight, Cao's army hurried on the hillside for another half an hour, and finally approached the granary of the Han army in Panguling.
Standing on a high place and looking out, I saw that the granaries under the moonlight resembled yurts, as if covered with a layer of silver frost, row upon row, dense, and magnificent.
Cao Bin immediately sighed: "This place is shaped like a basin, the trees are luxuriant, and it is a good place to hide grain, no wonder our army scouts searched hard and couldn't find the place where the Han army hoarded grain."
Fortunately, Xu Yu came to surrender, and our army sealed his throat with a sword, soldiers, and it will be up to us next."
Charucci urged his horse to raise his gun, and was the first to rush down the hillside: "Soldiers, kill" "Kill, burn grain" With Charuqi's charge, the Cao army sounded the horn of attack, the drums beat loudly, and 50,000 Cao soldiers rushed down the hillside like a tiger descending from the mountain, covering the past towards the granaries.
"Oh no, Cao Jun is coming to rob the grain, run away" Some small groups of troops pretended to patrol, and when they saw Cao Jun covering up like a tide, they immediately fled in panic with shouts.
During the retreat, he did not forget to turn his head and shoot arrows at Cao Bing, trying to dispel Cao Jun's suspicions and let them get into their pockets completely.
Cao Jun was menacing, and soon approached the granary, Charucci waved his gun to open the wooden door of a granary, and shouted: "Set fire to me" Cao's crossbowmen fired a flurry of arrows, shooting flaming rockets into the top of the granary, or into the inside of the granary, and the fire burst into flames.
In the granary, the dried firewood and artemisia grass sprinkled with sulfur, fire nitrate and other combustibles rose to the sky, spreading with the momentum of a prairie fire, one after another, the flames soared into the sky, and the sky was instantly reflected red.
The hot waves rolled into the sky, and the scorching Cao Jun was dizzy, and those who were physically exhausted even fell to the ground, and were soon swallowed up by the sea of fire.
Seeing that the fire was so fierce and the smell of gunpowder filled the air, Cao Bin couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "It's not good, it's not food in it, I'm waiting for the plan, the whole army will withdraw quickly, withdraw quickly."
"All the Army" Wei Qing stood on a high place, personally sounded the drum of ambush, and the Han army in all directions was like a tiger out of a cage, letting out a cry that shook the sky, covering up from the mountains and fields, and besieging the Cao army in the center.
"The big man Li Cunxiao is here, and the one who stands in my way will die" Li Cunxiao flew the yellow horse through the bone dragon under the crotch, Bi Yan Laos in his left hand, and Yu Wang Lance in his right hand, and launched a charge in the first place, and he was invincible everywhere he went, and there was no enemy in front of the horse.
"Dingdong Li Cunxiao's double absolute attribute exploded, the basic force is 105, the mount Huang Bi penetrates the bone dragon 1, the weapon Yu Wang Lance and Bi Yan Laos are 1 each, the double absolute attribute is 10, and the current force soars to 118" Ma Chao on the opposite hillside is also not to be outdone, flying like a red carbon under the crotch of the mount "Fire Phoenix Liaoyuan", holding high the tip of the dragon rider of seven feet in his hand, the horse took the lead, and threw off the thousands of horses behind him for a full two hundred zhang, charging into battle like a cheetah, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere, no one was invincible.
"Dingdong Horse's Super Hurricane attribute exploded, the force during the raid was 5, the base force was 100, the mount Fire Phoenix Liaoyuan was 1, the weapon Dragoon Tip was 1, and the current force rose to 107" "Kill, don't lag behind, soldiers" Li Cunxiao led his troops from the west, Ma Chao killed from the east, and Gao Gao and Tai Shici also refused to lag behind, holding the overlord lance high and leading the troops to charge.
Tai Shi Ci hung the halberd on the saddle, and kept firing the bow and arrows while charging, and every time it was a good shot, one person would fall to the ground in response.
Under the moonlight, 50,000 Cao soldiers fell into a heavy siege, and they had to suffer from the scorching fire. t1706231537: