As soon as these words came out, the four people were shocked.
Everyone's eyes were on the map, and their eyes widened and tried to reflect Jia Xu's amazing words.
Yan Liang's eyes were like a blade, and his eyebrows were fixed on the map, scanning the map between Xiangyang and Wuguan.
After a moment of silence, a sneer flashed from Yan Liang's mouth.
Cao Cao and his group of advisers were indeed unfathomable and almost deceived me.
There were two routes to use troops from Wu Pass to Nanyang.
This first one is to go east to Xixian County, which county to attack Wancheng.
The second route is to go south through Nanxiang and Shunyang, and then follow Yinxian on both sides of the Han River to build Yang and take Xiangyang directly to Xiangyang.
The Xiliang Legion attacked Nanyang in the previous period, and the first route of march was taken. Moreover, Wancheng was the confidant of Nanyang, so it was Yan Liang and his advisers. Once they heard that Cao Cao was attacking Nanyang, they thought that Cao Cao would come to attack Wancheng.
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But Cao Cao took a deviant approach and unexpectedly chose the second route, which was to take Xiangyang directly.
At this time, Yan Liang's army gathered in Jingbei, and there were only more than a thousand defenders in Xiangyang. If Cao Cao's army launched a large-scale attack on the south, the chance of Xiangyang's loss would be very high.
Once Xiangyang is lost, the impact on the entire Jingzhou will definitely be more than ten times greater than Wancheng.
At that time, even the elite Yan family army could have collapsed when the state government was in ruins.
When Guan Yu flooded the seven armies, his morale was so strong. But after hearing that Jiangling had fallen, there was such a precedent for the morale of the army to collapse in an instant. How could Yan Liang not pay attention to it?
"It seems that Guo Jia's detailed works are also spread all over Jingzhou. He can clearly understand the situation of the troops garrisons in various parts of Jingzhou. Otherwise, he would not dare to take Xiangyang directly."
When Yan Liang sighed, he was reborn and proudly between his eyebrows.
With a wave of his hand, Yan Liang whispered loudly: "Where is Wenziqin?"
"The last one will be there." Wen Chou bowed his hand and stepped forward.
Yan Liang pointed to the map and shouted: "I will give you three thousand gods and riders, and I will order you to set off west immediately. Be sure to take the lead in entering Shunyang to block the way Cao's army went south to Xiangyang."
"The last one will follow the order."
"Don't worry, brother, Wen is gone."
Wen Chou bowed his hand and walked away with confidence.
That night, Wen Chou led three thousand cavalrymen to leave Bowang and rushed to Shunyang.
Now that Nanxiang has been lost, Shunyang City is the next stop for Cao Cao to open the road to Xiangyang south. As long as Wen Chou can take the lead in making a move, with his ability, he can block Cao Cao's pace of going south.
The next day, at dawn, Yan Liang also led the remaining 3,000 cavalry to set off and sent scouts to urge Huang Zhong and other generals overnight, so that they could lead the infantry to speed up and come and meet as soon as possible.
One day later, Yan Liang followed Yu Wen Chou's army and entered the Champions League City.
This city is only more than forty miles away from Shunyang City. Yan Liang plans to stay in this city temporarily to wait for Huang Zhong's subsequent infantry to meet.
After all, Cao Cao had 30,000 infantry and cavalry, and it was impossible to defeat Cao Cao with just a cavalry. He had to gather the main force of the infantry and cavalry to have the strength to fight to the death with Cao Cao.
The Central Army’s tent was in the afternoon.
The envoy sent by Wen Chou sent the latest information about Cao Jun to the case.
Shunyang City has been captured by Cao's army first.
After hearing this news, Yan Liang couldn't help but frown slightly, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao would advance so quickly that he was still one step late on his journey day and night.
"Where is General Wen Chou now?" Yan Liang still looked calm. Although Shunyang has lost it, fortunately he has seen through Cao Cao's tricks. Although he has damaged several cities, Cao Cao wants to continue driving south again, but he can't imagine it.
"Report to the lord, General Wen found out that Cao Cao sent his general Xu Huang to lead 4,000 infantry troops east of Shunyang, and seemed to want to block our army's advance westward. General Wen had already set up a large army when he sent the young man to come.
Go and attack Cao's army."
Yan Liang originally wanted Wen Chou to retreat first and then come back, and after the army gathered, he would attack again, but he didn't expect Wen Chou to continue advancing westward according to his orders.
Wen Chou took the initiative to attack, which was not considered a violation of military orders, and his opponent was the former defeated general Xu Huang. This battle is not necessarily true.
Yan Liang remembers that Wen Chou in the Romance once fought against Zhang Liao and Xu Huang's joint efforts, and there was no doubt that his martial arts were above Xu Huang.
Moreover, Wen Chou led the elite cavalry of the Shenxing Cavalry, while Xu Huang led the only 4,000 infantry troops. In the flat terrain near Shunyang, it was not easy for Xu Huang to attack the cavalry by foot.
"Well, let Ziqin win first and defeat Cao's army's aura."
Yan Liang relaxed his mind and waved his hand to the scout to retreat, so that he could deliver the latest battle report at any time.
The scout retreated, and only Zhou Cang and Hu Cheer remained in the tent.
Because Yan Liang took the lead, Jia Xu, Tian Feng and other advisers were still behind, and there was no adviser around him at present.
Yan Liang's eyes returned to the map, looking at Shunyang City, which had been marked with red crosses, but for some reason, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Yan Liang was worried about Wen Qiu.
If Wen Chou used Wen Chou to attack Yuan Tan, Yan Liangzi would have absolute confidence in him, but what Wen Chou had to face now was Cao's army.
If it weren't for his time traveling to this era and changing the end of the Battle of White Horse, Wen Chou would have followed in the footsteps of his deity and died at Cao's waving hand.
Although history has been completely different, Wen Chou has faced his former enemies three times, as if there is a coincidence like heavenly will in the dark.
It was this coincidence that made Yan Liang a little uneasy.
Or, he always felt something was wrong.
In a state of irritability, Yan Liangsui looked at all the information again, trying to find out some hidden information.
After looking at it, Yan Liang's eyes were frozen on the latest information sent by Wen Chou, and the sentence "Xu Huang led 4,000 infantry troops" suddenly attracted Yan Liang's attention.
"Cao's army went out of the city to form a formation, obviously he had already discovered that our army was coming and planned to engage in a field battle. In other words, Cao Cao knew that I had sent cavalry to seize Shunyang. With Cao Cao's ability to use troops, he knew the enemy clearly
He is a cavalry, but why does he fight with infantry? He doesn't have cavalry under his command..."
Why did Cao Cao use his troops so much?
A big question mark soon appeared in Yan Liang's mind.
His brows became more and more coarse, and his face was slashed with slight suspicion.
Walking in the tent and pondering for a long time, suddenly a trace of shock flashed in Yan Liang's eyes.
"So quickly pass the order of this general. The entire army must be assembled within one hour. This general must lead the army to set off immediately."
Yan Liang, who suddenly woke up, issued a stern order.
Zhou Cang and Hu Cheer were both stunned, but they didn't expect that their lord had just entered the Champions City, but why did he not even have time to take a breath, but he immediately set off again.
When he was stunned for a moment, Yan Liang shouted: "What are you still standing there? Go and pass the order, don't miss the major affairs of this general!"
Zhou Cang and others were shocked, and they did not dare to leave the military account in a hurried manner without any doubt.
"I hope it's still time..." Yan Liang took a deep breath, picked up the long knife on the stand, and walked out of the tent with a solemn look.
Sanfeng inside and outside.
The dark clouds pressed against the top and the cold wind was fierce. Wen Chou subconsciously tightened his armor, but the spear in his hand was tighter.
Although the weather was cold, his heart was as strong as fire. His eyes were filled with a sense of arrogance of despising the world.
At the end of the avenue, I vaguely watched the black flag rolling, and the three thousand knights walked slowly along the avenue. Soon, the image of the enemy came into view.
It was a military formation of 4,000 people, standing in front of it, blocking the way to Shunyang.
In the military formation, the big flag with the word "Xu" fluttered in the wind.
"Xu Huang..."
Wen Chou silently counted the generals of Cao's camp in his heart and concluded that the enemy general who led the army was Xu Huang from Hedong.
"I have some ability, but unfortunately I am not my opponent. Humph, I will use your head to defeat Cao's army today."
Wen Chou's expression became more and more ferocious, and the murderous aura that rose all over his body made the soldiers on both sides terrified.
Scan the generals on both sides again, Wen Chou raised his spear and whistled: "The warriors of the Shenxing Knight, follow the general to kill all the invading bandits."
An angry shout in Chinese, ugly horse and danced with guns, shooting out like lightning.
The three thousand gods riding athletes moved, shouting out with the anger of defending their homes.
The iron cavalry rolled, splashing dust all over the sky.
The torrent of iron armor that was victorious in every battle was like a huge spear without friends, sweeping towards the Cao army's infantry formation.
Five hundred steps...
Four hundred steps...
Three hundred steps...
The fierce rush only changed the color of the elite Cao army soldiers.
However, the general Cao in the military formation had a face like an ice lake and a quiet mountain.
Facing the tide of Yan Jun cavalry, Xu Huang's mouth sneered.
"The chief is quite realistic and amazing. Yan Liang really sent a light cavalry to rob Shunyang. Humph, if it weren't for the Prime Minister's orders, I, Xu Huang, would have to be divided with you."
As he was thinking, the Yan army's cavalry rushed to a hundred steps away.
Xu Huang gritted his teeth, with a blue face, shouted loudly: "The whole army retreated"
After issuing an order, Xu Huang even turned around and looked backwards in Shunyang.
The central army flag moved, and Cao's army, who were waiting in line, immediately had a great morale. Four thousand people scattered and fled in a panic towards Shunyang.
Seeing the enemy retreating at the forefront, Wen Chou couldn't help but sneer a more ferocious sneer on his face.
"The infantry met the cavalry and retreated in the face of war. Xu Huang turned out to be a waste. I see where you escape."
Wen Chou's fighting spirit became stronger and he called the knights behind him and chased the retreating Cao army.
The iron cavalry rolled and walked like the wind, and when they chased out of the li, Wen Chou's vanguard had already chased to the tail of the defeated army.
The blade slashed down, the spear tip pierced out, ruthlessly killing the enemies who had escaped. In just a blink of an eye, more than a hundred people were killed.
The three thousand gods were like hungry beasts, chasing their escaped prey frantically.
Before he knew it, Wen Chou had already chased for several miles, and the terrain of the wilderness gradually disappeared, and dense forests appeared on both sides.
At this moment, Xu Huang, who had been running away, suddenly turned his horse's hooves and crossed the giant axe, blocking the center of the road without fear.