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Chapter 389 Containment
The [-] army rolled down, and there were few people in Liyang City, and hundreds of defenders immediately collapsed.

The army entered the city to rest.

The scouts from both sides were like a flock of crows, shuttling back and forth on both sides of the Wei River all day long.

Du Yu's garrison in Liyang meant that it was meaningless for Sima Lian to seize Jingyang.

The Liang army can enter Zuo Fengyi in the north, enter Bingzhou in the north, and return to Hexi from Henan.

In this era, Guanzhong was vast and sparsely populated, and the Qiang and Hu went south, and the wind leaked everywhere.

Du Yu was originally from Jingzhao, and he was very familiar with the geography of Guanzhong.

And the time just entered the autumn harvest in August, and Du Yu rushed to harvest the Weidong farmland, and the army had enough food and grass.

"Since Chang Shi wants to fight against the Wei army here, why not make a deep trench and a high fortress?" Zhou Yu suggested.

The war is approaching, and everyone's fate is tied together. Even if there is a slight grudge in my heart, I can only suppress it.

Du Yu explained patiently: "Our army is in the heart of the enemy. If we move, we will live; if we don't move, we will die."

"The general wants to abandon Liyang?"

"Of course!"

The level of the two is not at the same level. Zhou Yu was born at the bottom of the military guard camp. He is good at fighting in front of the battle, but not good at strategic decision-making.

Most of Yang Zheng's generals are like this.

"Report—" A few riders galloped over, "Gu Zang has a military order!"

The eyes of all the soldiers who were deploying defenses at the top of the city drifted over.

Du Yu, Zhou Yu, Jiang Faye and more than a dozen people knelt and saluted.

The eyes of Zhou Yu and others moved.

Jiang Faye looked a little nervous.

It is very likely that the lives of these [-] troops depend on this military order.

The situation in Yongliang is changing too fast. A few days ago, they were still watching the battle of Longyou in the north of the Dongwei Bridge, and today they have captured Liyang.

As for Longyou, the winner was decided within ten days.

If the military order ordered Du Yu to retreat immediately, Du Yu's deployment would be disrupted immediately.

The lead cavalry dismounted from the saddle, holding a silk cloth, with a serious expression on his face, "Order of the General: In the matter of Weibei, the advance and retreat are all decided by the governor himself!"

"Follow the order!" Du Yu let out a long sigh of relief, took the military order with both hands, and turned to face the generals, "The general entrusted me with the matter of rise and fall, the righteousness of the monarch and ministers is so, how can I not repay it with death? I also received the great favor of the general, and I was pulled into the army, or raised as a slave, and now the enemy is at the front, if you don't die, you are no different from animals!"

"I wish to do my best!" Jiang Faye took the lead and half knelt down.

"May I repay it with death!" Meng Yu also knelt down.

Zhou Yu also knelt down.

The surrounding generals and soldiers knelt down on the city wall.

If they had criticized Du Yu before and dared not speak out, now they just want to defeat the enemy.

With the help of Yang Zheng's military order, Du Yu completed the pre-war mobilization in an instant.

After that, Du Yu led Jiang Faye, Meng Yu and others to personally inspect the surrounding terrain.

Liyang was originally the capital of the Qin State, and Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, also established the capital here after the Three Qin Dynasty.

The terrain here is high and gentle, with Jingyuan in the north and Duanyuan on the west bank of the Shichuan River in the east, stretching for dozens of miles.

"Report to the general, Sima Ban's [-] Chinese troops have arrived in Weinan! The Taitai Department has arrived in Chang'an." The scouts rushed to report.

"Where is the Sima Lian Department now?" Du Yu asked in a deep voice.

Although he was dressed in a broad robe and Confucian armor, no one dared to underestimate this scholar.

"I have crossed the Zhengguo Canal and settled in Pinyang." The scout replied.

Pinyang was to the north of Liyang, just blocking Du Yu's way to retreat northward.

This shows that Sima Lian is also an extraordinary general.

How similar is the current battle to the one where Guanqiu Jian was besieged?
Surrounded on three sides, Mount Tai overwhelms the top.

"This is a good place for a decisive battle." Jiang Faye said with bright eyes.

"Order the troops to abandon Liyang and take Jingyang directly!" Du Yu ordered again.

"Isn't this going back again?" Meng Yu was at a loss.

"Stop talking too much, follow orders! The entire army only carries food, armor, and ordnance, and discards all other property!"

After resting in Liyang for two days, the [-] army turned back to the west.

There were many complaints in the army. They rushed all the way and snatched a lot of good things, but now they are all thrown away.

It's just that no one dared to question Du Yu's military order. They still remember the more than 100 heads in front of the Yuanmen in Weibei.

Wei Jun was still unable to complete the containment.

Pinyang's [-]-step cavalry had no choice but to rush forward again, rushing forward to occupy Jingyang before Du Yu.

Sima Ban's [-] troops also accelerated their march, rushed across the Wei River, and took the first step to occupy Liyang.

Zhou Tai also led the army across the Wei River.

Unexpectedly, Du Yu had already set up camp when he arrived in Gaoling, and the army rested for three days to keep the soldiers strong.

Du Yu also slaughtered more than 1000 pack horses and rewarded the whole army, so that Xuan Yilang could continue to motivate the soldiers.

Therefore, the morale of the [-] troops has always been maintained.

"Cross the Wei River in the south!" Du Yu ordered again.

The soldiers have long been accustomed to Du Yu's style.

Zhou Yu was the first to understand Du Yu's intentions. The Wei army was encircled on three sides, but the weakness of the Wei army was also that the three armies fought separately. Every small move by one's own side was bound to make a big move by the other side, spending more energy to complete the encirclement.

Guanzhong is a large plain, and it is not so easy to complete the containment.

The jealousy towards Du Yu gradually turned into admiration.

It used to be passive cooperation, but now it has become active cooperation.

Unknowingly, Du Yu twisted this coalition army composed of powerful private army, Qiang cavalry, and personal guard battalion into a single rope.

Du Yu was very familiar with the topography of Guanzhong, where he could wade across the river, where he could station troops, and where he should avoid it.

The [-] army was able to do a job with ease in the siege of the [-] army.

The south of the Weishui River is full of fertile land, just after the autumn harvest, and military food is everywhere.

When many villages saw the menacing Liangzhou army, they had already run away without a trace.

Wei Jun learned smart this time. Sima Ban's [-] Chinese troops stationed in Gaoling, sent Zhoutai and Sima Lian to go south, chasing Liangzhou Army.

Many times, people who chase people will inevitably have an illusion.

Thinking that the person being chased can't beat him, otherwise why would he run?

The same is true for the army.

Sima Ban and Zhou Tai could still be cautious, but Sima Lian couldn't help it.

It's like a gambler with a trump card in his hand, and the opponent never confronts him head-on. Even if Sima Lian can stand it, his Wuhuan and Southern Huns can't stand it.

Wuhuan Tuqi is famous all over the world.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wuhuan cavalry has been the horsemen and thugs of the Central Plains, and they have been present in the former Youzhou Tuqi.

In the second year of Xingping at the end of Han Dynasty, Wuhuan assisted Yuan Shao in defeating Gongsun Zan and beheaded [-] people.

After Wei Wu attacked Wuhuan in the north, 20 captives were moved to Youzhou, where they were registered as householders of Qimin, and Wuhuan became a "famous horseman in the world", and fought for Cao Wei's southern expedition and northern war.

Now, this famous horse naturally fell into Sima Zhao's pocket.

None of this escaped Du Yu's eyes.

On the land of Guanzhong, there are a large number of fine works in Liangzhou.

The scouts were in groups, watching the movements of the Wei army's various units day and night.

"Sima Lian is going south?" Du Yu's usually calm eyes showed bursts of murderous intent.

"Exactly, the scouts of Team E caught three Hun deserters yesterday and tortured them for important news. Wuhuan and the Huns were exhausted from traveling, there were many deserters, and there were many complaints in the army. Sima Lian had to go south." The scout clasped his hands. .

Desertion is normal.

In fact, the Liangzhou army also escaped.

But because of Xuan Yilang's presence, it can be maintained within an acceptable range.

"The battle opportunity has arrived!" Du Yu had already put his sword on the ground, and his eyes swept across the generals.

(End of this chapter)