The big man is on the run

Chapter 215 Don't worry, Yuan Shao will send it
And more than eighty miles northeast of Anxi City, Qu Yi and Zhang He's [-] troops finally arrived at the last village and town within their control range.

Qu Yi led the army and marched slowly to the southwest along the pipeline, while Zhang Yun led the cavalry wandering constantly to protect the safety of the flanks.

"General Koji!"

Suddenly, a scout galloped over, jumped off his horse, and knelt down on one knee.

Qu Yi frowned and asked, "What's the fuss about?"

"General, there is a cavalry force moving towards our flank."

"Um?"

Qu Yi was slightly taken aback, "What are the officers and soldiers going to do?"

"General, General Zhang He has estimated that the strength of this army is about [-]. They are flying the flag with the word 'horse'. They should be Longxi Qiang cavalry. It only takes less than half an hour to reach our army's flank from here. .”

"Half an hour?" Qu Yi frowned.

Qu Yi waved his hand, signaling for him to think for a moment.

Qu Yi secretly thought, this small cavalry army of the official army is only half an hour away from our army, wandering around our army, the Longxi Qiang cavalry is erratic, and this distance is far from Zhang Yun's Hebei army. As far as the cavalry is concerned, it is like a moat. If you chase someone, you will run away, and if you don’t chase them, you will stick to them. There is an obvious gap in horsepower between the two armies. One is the Guzang horse and the other is the Daibei horse. The speed is not on the same level. , is really annoying.

Now our army's advantages are concentrated in the south and east directions. If the main force of the government and army really surrounds the point and moves to the southwest by detour, then the disadvantage of our army will be more obvious, and even be attacked by the enemy, and the consequences will be disastrous.

"The main force of the army should be attacking Anxi City?" Xin Ping interjected.

Qu Yi snorted coldly: "Who can say for sure? Maybe Anxi City has been conquered a long time ago. It's the smoke released by the government and army, the purpose is to lure us in. In this situation, the general has fought for so many years. It's not like I haven't seen it before."

Xin Ping was dumbfounded, "But doesn't it mean that An Xi can persist for many days? How could he be breached so quickly?"

"It is true that the main force of the officers and soldiers arrived in Anxi City a few days ago, but they did not attack the city, but camped outside the county seat, at least from the day before yesterday. But what happened yesterday, who knows?"

"You mean, there is a possibility that Gongzi surrendered?"

"I don't know." Qu Yi shook his head.

"Then what about our army?"

Of course, Xin Ping knew that Qu Yi had expounded this possibility for the sake of the safety of the army, not because of cowardice.Xin Ping thought about it for a while, but was surprised to find that with Guo Tu's character, it seemed really possible to do such a thing.

Qu Yi pondered for a moment, and said: "Wait for the news first, and after confirming that the official army has indeed started to attack Anxi City, our army will decide whether to continue the attack or something else."

"Okay." Xin Ping could only agree.

The scout also agreed, then turned and left.

Qu Yi pondered on the spot. If the hypothesis he raised just now is ruled out and the main force of the official army has arrived in Anxi, then his plan should also be put on the agenda. He needs to dispatch a large number of troops to attract as many officials as possible. Army's attention.

Today, the main force of the official army is still contained in Anxi City. If he leads a surprise attack from the west, the chances of defeating the official army will be greatly increased.

Thinking of this, Qu Yi hurriedly ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle, and sent out a team of elite scouts to investigate the situation of the main force of the army, and at the same time sent some scouts to keep an eye on the Longxi Qiang cavalry.

"Aren't you going to lure the enemy to go deep? Don't you want Qiang Qi to monitor my movements? Then I will play with you."

Qu Yi's face turned gloomy and cold.

Outside Anxi City, Liu Yi, Fazheng, and Jia Xu also gathered to discuss strategies, but Xun You was sent to personally escort the remaining black powder.

They also heard that a large enemy army came from the north of Anxi City and was approaching them, but they didn't know the exact location. They would not know until Ma Chao's Qiang cavalry sent back the news.

"Mr. Wenhe, a large enemy army is approaching our army in the northeast of Anxi City." Liu Yi said, "You take my warrant and send some cavalry generals to lead the cavalry to intercept it." , Delay the enemy as much as possible. Remember, only defeat is allowed, no victory is allowed, and the defeat is not allowed to be too ugly."

Minister of the Ministry of War, Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "I obey."

Immediately, Jia Xu turned and left the big tent, and went to command the cavalry.

At the same time, shortly after Jia Xu left, Liu Yi turned his attention to Fazheng.

"Here in Anxi City, what is His Majesty's plan?"

Liu Yi smiled and said: "I have my own plan, just stay put! After Mr. Wen He comes back, you can tell him that he must let the enemy's forwards see the gunpowder smoke on Anxi City within three days. "

What gunpowder is, of course Fazheng knows.

That is to say, Liu Yi plans to bomb the city in three days.

Tens of thousands of catties of black powder were buried under the city wall from the tunnel, enough to blow up the city wall of Anxi City.

In this era, the city defenders generally have defenses against the tactics of tunnels, but this defense is limited to using large tanks upside down on the ground, listening to where the tunnels are being dug underground, and then cutting them in reverse, or smoking.

As for digging tunnels to collapse the city walls, that's impossible.

In the days before black powder was used in sieges, people didn't even have this kind of knowledge.

Fazheng frowned, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this."

"Why not?" Liu Yi asked back.

Fazheng said: "Although the main force of the enemy army has not yet reached Anxi, we are not sure whether the main force of the enemy army can really feed us. If there are really many main forces of the enemy army, then our cavalry may not be able to Lag, if the enemy breaks through very fast, aren't we asking for trouble?"

"This is the last move, and the only way we have at the moment. Moreover, this is also the only way to deal with the enemy's reinforcements. Only with this move, can the enemy troops obediently walk into the ambush circle."

"But." Fazheng hesitated, "If Your Majesty uses this trick, won't it expose our real plan?"

"It's already been exposed, so are you afraid of being exposed again?" Liu Yi sneered, "Yuan Shao is a smart person on another level, as long as we show it, he should understand our intentions, and, I also have a way to make him have to believe."

"Oh?"

"Didn't he want to save Anxi? If I gave him the possibility of Anxi being close at hand but hard to touch, guess what he would urge the leading generals to do?"

"Will he give up Anxi?"

"Of course he won't! Don't worry, Yuan Shao will urge the leading generals to come in and die." Liu Yi said lightly.

(End of this chapter)