Ma Chao's and Gao Shun's armies were ordered to set out from Changshe County, enter the Qingzhou area, and conduct a surprise attack on Linzi. In the Battle of Linzi, they defeated the local defenders and occupied the entire Qingzhou area, completing the task of supporting Chen from the flanks.

To the purpose of the Legion...

At the same time, the two legions with insufficient strength certainly did not deal a fatal blow to Yuan Shao's Qingzhou legion. They did not completely annihilate the Qingzhou garrison, but defeated them. The losses of the two legions were also huge, so they took a step forward.

, it is already very difficult.

At this time, in the outskirts of Xuchang City.

Since Chen Dao's cavalry team attacked the enemy's vital forces, after wiping out the enemy forces in the area around Xuchang, Gongsun Kang's Liaodong Army and Huchuquan Shanyu's Yuan family cavalry withdrew to the fiefdoms in various places.

The allied garrison points of the princes around Xuchang were pulled out one by one. Brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang had no choice but to abandon Xuchang City. During the retreat, they were ruthlessly attacked by Zhang Xiu's army, and they retreated all the way to Yecheng.

Yuan Shao's scolding not only scolded the two of them outside Guandu City, but also worsened Yuan Shao's condition. Yuan Shao not only drove Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang to the front line of Guandu, but also Chen Dao, Wen Chou, Zhang He and Gao.

Lan and other famous generals also went to the outside of Guandu City to help in the battle. This time, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang planned to defeat the Chu army at the same place again, because this time they gathered all the Yuan family's elite army of 700,000 here.

They started to feel a little complacent, and this time, they chose to hoard food and grass in Wuchao.

At this time, Chen Dao did not choose to go straight to Guandu for a decisive battle with Yuan Jun. Instead, he chose to surprise Yuan Jun's grain and grass farming land, Wuchao.

Wuchao Camp

On the main road in Wuchao Dazhai, there was parked a convoy of carriages that Yuan Jun had just transported from Hebei.

The soldiers of the Yuan family lit fires on the roadside, roasted lamb legs, ate dry food, and drank water.

A sergeant from the Yuan family was stunned when he brought a water bag to his mouth. He looked at the end of the road, as if he was feeling lucky to be able to take a rest now, or he felt helpless because he missed his girl far away.

A sergeant who just held a pile of dry firewood said: "Hey! Look, what's over there?"

The Yuan family sergeants looked towards the voice of the soldier shouting.

At the far end of the avenue, a huge cloud of dust and smoke rolled up, seeming to make the entire dark sky red, and they moved relatively quickly.

The soldier sitting next to him warming himself up by the fire stood up and said, "It looks like a large group of cavalry!"

The soldier who was too lazy to do it said in a group: "Is it Chen Dao's? Or is it Wen Chou's? Maybe it's General Han Qiong's!"

The soldier sitting in the middle said: "This kind of lineup and this kind of speed can only be achieved by the elite cavalry of General Yuan Shao's headquarters!"

The war horses in the distance began to roll in like a torrent, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves came from the opposite side, and the sound became stronger and stronger.

A captain in the Wuchao garrison shouted: "Get up, get up, line up, and prepare to salute the general!"

The sergeants of the Yuan family stood up sadly, began to lazily pick up the weapons placed outside the tent, and then began to line up.

In the distance, like red clouds, the sound of horse hooves in the legions became louder and louder.

Amidst the command given by the captain of the Wuchao Guards, the sergeants of the Yuan family stood upright in a neat row.

The captain saw the lack of discipline in the army and scolded a soldier who was looking around: "Where are you looking -"

A soldier of the Yuan family in the middle of the team said: "The captain... seems to be... a member of the Chu Army!"

The captain scolded relentlessly: "Fuck you! The Chu army has just been repulsed by us. There are half a million elite soldiers in front of us waiting for the Chu army. How could they get to us? I think it must be the general."

Personally escort the food and grass here!"

After the captain said something, he looked over and felt dumbfounded.

What he saw was the bright banner of the Chu army, fluttering in front of him, followed by the endless army.

A powerful cavalry formation came to attack.

Director Chen stood under the military banner, brandishing his sword and shouting: "Charge me, kill me!"

Amidst the impact of thousands of horses galloping together, there was a sound like a landslide and the earth was cracking. In the huge sound, the little leader of the Yuan family exclaimed. The sergeant of the Yuan family was about to draw his sword, but the resistance was weak.

The Han Dynasty's cavalry rushed through the baggage convoy and the soldiers like a surging river, enveloping them.

There are restless horse legs all around.

The gleaming blade.

The leader of the army, Chen Kaige, galloped over on horseback, waving the sword in his hand and pointing at the convoy of prisoners: "Leave them to the rear guard, and the whole army will continue to march north! Seize the granary!"

Then countless cavalrymen began to rush towards the stronghold behind these convoys. Wherever they waved their weapons, blood flew up. It was already night time, and most of the Wuchao defenders were asleep. They were facing

At that moment, countless feather arrows came flying towards me.

Facing these Yuan soldiers who had just risen, the Chu army cut off their sabers mercilessly. Then, Molotov cocktails were thrown on the food, and scattered sparks began to appear.

Flames shot up into the sky everywhere, and then there was a sea of ​​fire, like raging waves that swallowed up all life...

After a raid, Chen Dao's regiment easily occupied the entire Wuchao Military Camp. After they occupied the entire Wuchao Military Camp, they set up camp on the spot and prepared for a new attack.

Chen arrived at the camp in Xin'an.

In Chen Dao's big tent in Dazhai, Chen Dao was thinking in front of the picture alone.

The deputy general stood in front of Chen Dao and reported the military situation to Chen Dao: "...so far, brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang do not know that our army has occupied the Wuchao area, and that General Chen Kaige, the commander of the other army, has occupied the Yellow River Crossing Bridge.

, they have already guarded Jiang Qi's troops at the Yellow River ferry, and are now stationed at the Yellow River ferry, waiting for the general's instructions. In addition,

General Zhang Xiu has cut off the connection between Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang's camp and Chen Daowen Chou's camp. Generals Ma Chao and Gao Shun have occupied Linzi and completely occupied the Qingzhou area, completely eliminating the opponent's attempt to rely on the enemies of Qingzhou to contain our army.

In an attempt, the forward of our army has detoured to the right wing of Guandu. Once it reaches the designated position, the encirclement of the enemy defenders in Guandu will be completed."

Chen Dao kept nodding as he listened to the battle report. After he finished listening to the report, he asked: "Are those two pontoon bridges under control?"

Lieutenant General: "Yes, they are all in the hands of Army Sima General Chen."

Chen Dao said sternly: "Burn it, burn it all!"

The lieutenant general reminded with a little doubt and confusion, but also an unknown uneasiness: "General, if it is burned, our army will not be able to return to the north bank, and we will not be able to safely withdraw from the entire area!"

Chen Dao stood up, held the sword in his waist and asked: "Who told you that we have to return to the north bank?"

The deputy general reminded again: "In case we cannot eat Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang's army..."

Chen Dao waved his hand and said reproachfully: "If nothing happens, burn it immediately! You tell General Chen that since I, Chen Dao, am here, I have no intention of going back and burning the crossing bridge. I just want to burn the bridge!"

The floating bridge at the Yellow River Ferry.

Chen Kaige ordered to the sergeant: "Burn it for me, burn it for me."

Behind the large cavalry regiment, there seemed to be a burning fire from the pontoon bridge, but the fire turned into a blazing fire in the blink of an eye, burning the entire pontoon bridge to ashes.

However, the cavalrymen crossing the pontoon bridge all held rations in their hands and ate them as they walked.

Chen Kaige rode his horse to catch up from behind and saw groups of soldiers grabbing and chewing dry food.

A horse galloped over, but Chen Kaige didn't even notice that there was a soldier on the roadside who was eating hot rice and dry food. Chen Dao reined in his horse and asked loudly: "Why don't you open the fire to cook?"

One of the army officers, Captain Bi Zhi, stood up and replied loudly: "To General Chen, the brothers said that a decisive battle is about to begin. Leave the appetite to wait until the Yuan family's army is defeated and eat their roasted whole lamb!"

The sergeants behind him started to cheer together.

Immediately, Chen Dao also laughed and replied loudly: "This is a good idea, don't forget to leave a leg of lamb for me!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Kaige rode away.

The sergeants also smiled and said, "I won't forget it!" Then all the cavalry laughed again.

The lieutenant shouted: "All soldiers mount their horses and catch up with the main force before dawn and prepare to fight!"

In the side hall of the General's Mansion in Yecheng.

The messenger who had just reported the message from the front quickly took out a long letter and a map from his arms and presented them to the general Yuan Shao. At this time, Yuan Shao, supported by his family, opened the letter with a cane in one hand and a map in the other.

,at the same time

Yuan Shao also ordered people to open the map.

In the side hall, Yuan Shao was reading the letter attentively, and the messenger next to him was crouching in front of Yuan Shao.

After Yuan Shao read the letter, he asked suspiciously: "Is this possible? The goal of Chen Dao's army is to attack our Wuchao, and the goal is to eliminate the entire Guandu garrison?"

The messenger lowered his head again, then took a breath and replied: "It's absolutely true, I risked my life to deliver a message to the general!"

Yuan Shao ordered: "Bring me the picture!"

Someone immediately presented the map to him.

Yuan Shao looked at it for a long time: "I just don't understand. Chen Dao's army said it was attacking my Shandong, but in the battle, there was only Ma Chaojun's Xiliang army. They suddenly disappeared here. If they want to attack Guandu

Why do we need to go in such a big circle to get to the city? Why don’t we go directly north from the Xuchang area?”

The messenger replied with a little fear: "The secret we got from our detailed operations is that Chen Dao's army will make a large and deep roundabout to cut off the military support in Guandu and form an encirclement."

Yuan Shao was startled and said to himself: "Encirclement?"

Yuan Shaozhong looked at the picture again, turned pale, and shouted: "Bring me a pen!"

Someone immediately handed over the ink pen.
Chapter completed!