Chapter 912

Yanzhou is located in Henan, which is the so-called central plains. This area is basically smooth and smooth, which is very suitable for the large corps to carry out operations and is also conducive to the march of the army.

I saw more than 30000 troops marching in the wilderness, countless banners and banners fluttering, and the word "Cao" came out!

Cao Cao left Li Dian with thousands of troops to besiege Zhencheng. After the ban was stopped, Cao Cao led his troops to the west to attack Hulao pass in advance before Liu Ye could react.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, Cao Cao even didn't bother to attack Puyang. We should know that Dongjun is not far away from Zhencheng, and Puyang is the center of Dongjun and Yanzhou. If we can conquer it, Yanzhou will be shocked.

"Newspaper - fifty miles ahead, there are sour jujube!" A horse of the former army suddenly galloped out and reported in a loud voice.

"Sour jujube?"

Hearing these two words, Cao Cao couldn't help but squint slightly, which aroused his memory.

When Dong Zhuo entered the capital, the Dukes of the 18th route of Guandong started to fight against the state thieves. The camp of the Dukes' Alliance Army was located in suanzao. Jujube is located in Chenliu County, south of the Yellow River. Because it is located in the Central Plains, the terrain is open, so the vassal allied forces choose to stay here.

"Tut Tut, at that time, the world's Heroes gathered in Luoyang, but now only Cao and Yuqing are left..." Cao Cao couldn't help sighing: "the heroes in the world are generals and Cao ears."

"My Lord, let's urge the army to move forward as soon as possible. The tiger prison is close at hand. How can we delay it?" Cheng Yu advised.

Cao Cao nodded, and his horse whip whipped in the air and made a sound of "pa". He said boldly: "the whole army is on the March, the target is tiger prison pass!"

More than 30000 Cao troops immediately speeded up their march and marched westward. Since the Allied forces of the vassal states chose sour jujube as their base, they naturally chose to stay here. In addition to the open terrain, which is conducive to the stationing of the army, the jujube is very close to Luoyang, where the garrison can threaten Luoyang.

Therefore, Cao's army speeded up its speed. If he successfully captured Luoyang and captured the emperor and his ministers, he would surely be able to give the Xiliang army a heavy blow. It is said that General Liu Ye himself is also in Luoyang. If we can capture Liu Ye together... At least we have to be Marquis?

Xia Houyuan was the leader of the former Cao army.

"Faster, faster!"

"If you can get to Hulao pass by tomorrow, all the officers and men in the army will be rewarded!"

Xia Houyuan was famous for his rapid march. Now he promised rewards. After hearing this, more than ten thousand people of the front Cao army immediately accelerated their march and wanted to arrive at Hulao pass as soon as possible.

At this time...

"general Xia Hou! A large number of enemy troops, more than 10000 men, are advancing eastward in the 30 Li ahead. It is very likely that there will be a encounter between the two armies! " A sentry suddenly rushed from the front and yelled.

"What?" Xia Hou yuan looked overcast and uncertain. He waved and said, "send someone to inform the prime minister that our army will not move for the time being. The whole army will set up a camp in the same place."

More than ten thousand Cao army's vanguards immediately stopped moving forward, but stopped to line up in situ.

Xia Houyuan is riding on horseback, a pair of sharp eyes, like falcon, staring at the front.

Step on it!

Suddenly, there was a violent tremor on the ground, and a black line appeared on the distant horizon, which became thicker and thicker, and finally revealed the prototype.

Xiliang iron horse!

Tens of thousands of Xiliang Striders appeared from the distant horizon, and then spread over the earth. One by one, they appeared in the field like stars, reflecting Xia Houyuan's sight.

Why did the Xiliang army come? Did the enemy get the news? Report to the prime minister quickly!

Xia Houyuan's army has more infantry and less cavalry. In this case, it would be disadvantageous to attack the enemy first, because Xiliang iron cavalry is good at cutting and encircling the enemy. Once the infantry are dispersed and surrounded by the enemy, it will be very bad.

"The whole army should form a dense formation. Don't give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it!"

When Xia Hou yuan called, tens of thousands of Cao troops immediately formed a dense round array. Compared with the complex fish scale array and Xuanxiang array, this formation is undoubtedly a relatively simple military array, but it is good for defense. Because the round array is like an egg, it is very difficult to break it from one place and can withstand multiple attacks.

Soon after Xiahou yuan had formed his formation, nearly ten thousand Xiliang cavalry finally came to the Cao army within a mile, but he did not launch an attack on the Cao army.

I can see the flag fluttering in the wind with the character of "horse" in the army of Xiliang. The originally tall men of Xiliang are riding on the back of horses, and they are all like peaks. But these Xiliang irons are obediently divided into two parts, like the wave division wave crack general open up a channel, a horse slowly riding out.

He was seen riding on a white horse, wearing a chain armour of animal swallowing locks, wearing a silver lion's helmet, and holding a very sharp tiger's head Zhanjin gun. The sun was shining on his white face, and every pore was covered with gold. His lips were red and his teeth were white. However, there was a heroic spirit emanating from his face. It was amazing: what a beautiful man!"Xiliang brocade Ma Chao is here, and will have a general name!" Ma Chao exclaimed.

"Hum!"

Xia Houyuan heard the speech and snorted coldly. He replied, "I am the general of Zhenxi, Xia Houyuan. Ma Chao's children still don't dismount and surrender quickly!"

Ma Chao was laughing: "joke, I'm Pingdong general who was personally appointed by the emperor. I was ordered to wipe out the East. How could this general not have heard of such a Zhenxi general as you in the imperial court? Is that a self appointed general

East and West emperors coexist in the world, naturally they do not recognize each other's authority.

Although Ma Chao mocks Xia Houyuan in his mouth, his brain is running at a high speed. His heart says: how can Xia Houyuan appear and disappear in sour jujube? Where is general Yu Jin?

It turns out that the reason why Ma Chao and Xiliang army appear in sour jujube is not that they have obtained information from Yu ban.

Liu Ye led his army back to Luoyang after pacifying Bashu. After half a year's repair, Liu Ye thinks that Cao Cao is the only one who can compete with the Xiliang army, so he personally leads the army to the East and vows to attack Cao Cao.

Liu Ye did not carry many troops and horses in the eastern expedition, because it was necessary to leave troops and horses to defend Bashu. There were only 40000 soldiers and horses in Liu Ye's eastern expedition. Among them, Ma Chao led 10000 step cavalry as the vanguard, while Liu Ye's central army was the last.

This is why Ma Chao appears here.

Ma Chao seems to be scolding Xia Houyuan, but he is actually observing the situation of the enemy. He watched the circular array formed by Cao's army, and thought in his heart that if he sent troops to attack it, he was afraid that he would not be able to break through the enemy's array in a short time, or he would wait until the rear army of the general arrived to make a decision.