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Anlu County is located to the north of Jiangxia County. Due to the barrier of the Huaiyang Mountains in the north, Anlu County is separated from the Central Plains, forming a semi-closed state of Anlu County. Outside of the war, the rest of the battle had little impact on Anlu County.

Although there are many mountains in the northern part of Anlu County, most of them belong to hills. They are not as high as Qishan Mountain. There are also many passages between the hills, which can go straight to the north through the hills and valleys.

Yiyang County is the northernmost county in Anlu County, and it is also the ancestral home of General Wei Yan. This is Tongbai Mountain, with a terrain that is high in the west and low in the east. In the east of Yiyang, it is a plain that is hundreds of miles wide. The Huaihe River flows from here. It meanders through and divides the plain into Anlu County and Runan County.

At this time, in the south of the Huaihe River on the plain, stood a huge military camp covering an area of ​​several thousand mu. A sentry tower was built in Baibu. The camp is close to the Huaihe River. Standing on the watchtower, you can clearly see the small county of Anyang on the other side of the Huaihe River.

Anyang County has been occupied by the Han army. As the outpost of the Han army's northern expedition, because Yiyang County is the birthplace of the Huaihe River, the Huaihe River is not wide in this area, and it is easier to cross the river. The Han army built three pontoon bridges on the Huaihe River for this purpose. , closely linking Runan County and Anlu County.

This time, Anlu County will become the main battlefield of the Northern Expedition of the Han Army. The Han Army has successively increased its troops to 8 in Yiyang County. Cao Cao also successively increased his troops to Runan County to [-], and Cao Cao himself rushed to Ancheng to command the upcoming Central Plains War.

Time gradually arrived in the first ten days of November, and the Central Plains area has entered the cold winter. The upper reaches of the Huaihe River began to freeze, but the ice layer was very shallow, and it was impossible to walk directly on the ice. However, the rivers and rivers in Runan were covered with thick ice layers. It was cold and windy, and the land was bleak.

In a hilly area about [-] miles north of Anyang County, there are large forests and farmlands. In the lee of a mountain depression, a scout patrol team composed of ten cavalry is hiding in a forest for lunch.

The crowd lit a fire and roasted a little wild boar they had hunted. The wild boar was roasted cracklingly, golden yellow and oily, and full of fragrance. Happy Doo-hee by the fire.

The leader of the cavalry scouts is Wang Xing, who is from Anlu County. The scouts he leads are basically locals, and they are very familiar with the surrounding environment. Their task is to monitor whether Cao Jun is going south.

Wang Xing was gnawing on a wild boar's hind leg. When he looked up, he found that ten of his subordinates were roasting and eating meat. He was a little dissatisfied and kicked a soldier, "Wu Si, it's your turn to be on duty, go quickly!" Watch out!"

The soldier had no choice but to cut off another piece of meat, and walked out of the mountain depression while eating. At this time, another soldier smiled and said, "Tun Commander, do you think Cao Jun will go south in such a cold day?"

Wang Xing wiped his lips and said: "It's not certain, we are now in Runan County, on other people's territory, if there is a Cao army, I will not be surprised at all."

"Ten Zhang, why do you want to fight in winter?" Another soldier asked vaguely.

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

"I reckon I want to attack Xudu. I heard that Xinye also has an army of [-] to [-]. The two sides are attacking like the two pincers of a scorpion."

"It's impossible to attack Xudu, otherwise what's the point of sending troops from Jiangdong?"

The soldiers started arguing. At this time, the head of the village, Wang Xing, scolded unhappily: "Don't fart, eat meat quickly, and go on patrol when you are full. If Cao Jun is missed, everyone's life will be in danger."

At this moment, the soldiers who had just ran to watch came hurriedly, "I saw Cao Jun, there are many troops."

Everyone jumped up in fright, and immediately became a mess, and they didn't care about eating meat. After the fire was extinguished, they got on their horses one after another, urging them to run out of the mountain depression.

On the edge of a forest on the hill, ten scout cavalry looked into the distance, and they saw a Cao army, about [-] men, marching southward along the official road in the distance, obviously towards Anyang Heading towards the county.

"Wu Si, you take four brothers to continue monitoring Cao Jun, and the rest follow me!"

The head of the village, Wang Xing, turned his horse's head and led four cavalrymen to urge the horses to run down the hills and take a small path towards Anyang County.

At this time, Liu Jing was inspecting Anyang County. Anyang County was a small county with a population of hundreds of households. It was built on a high place on the north bank of the Huaihe River. for shabby.

The county seat itself has no military strategic value, but because the three pontoon bridges were built close to the county seat, the small county of Anyang became a bridgehead, protecting the three pontoon bridges, and its military role was artificially created.

There are currently 5000 troops stationed in Anyang County, commanded by Lieutenant Liao Hua. At this time, Liao Hua was accompanying Liu Jing to inspect the county. It is also simple to build, and it has been dilapidated after more than ten years. The humble job has carried out partial repairs, completed some collapsed city walls, and replaced broken city bricks, but it will take at least half a year to completely rebuild, and the time is too late. "

Liu Jing nodded and said: "It is obviously unrealistic to rely on Anyang County to block the main force of Cao's army. The role of Anyang County is to protect the pontoon bridge, but when the main force of Cao's army arrives, even if they don't burn the pontoon bridge, we will burn it. Our strategy is If you want to confront Cao Jun instead of fighting, you must first understand this."

"Understandable!"

Although Liao Hua didn't really understand Liu Jing's meaning, he was very clear about one thing, as long as he faithfully carried out Liu Jing's orders, it was enough. As for why he did that, that was not something he considered.

At this moment, a soldier came to report, "Report to Zhou Mu that a cavalry scout came back and said he found the enemy!"

Liu Jing was startled, and then ordered: "Bring the scouts to see me."

The city gate opened, and several scout cavalry entered the city. Wang Xing, the leader, was quickly brought to Liu Jing. Liu Jing asked with a smile, "What enemy did you find?"

Wang Xing didn't expect to meet Liu Jing, he felt a little nervous, and quickly knelt down on one knee to report: "About five thousand Cao troops are coming south along the official road, and they should be twenty miles away now."

"Five thousand Cao's army is equivalent to the strength of Anyang County. What does Cao Cao mean by this?" Liu Jing thought for a while, then said to Wang Xing: "Continue to investigate, try to investigate as far away as possible, and report any situation at any time."

"As ordered!"

Wang Xing saluted, got up and walked away quickly, at this time Liao Hua said: "I guess Cao Jun is here to test our reality?"

Liu Jing nodded, "If I'm right, there must be a large group of cavalry behind them. Once the Anyang defenders meet, the cavalry of Cao Jun will surround them from behind, destroy Anyang County and the pontoon bridge, and annihilate Jiangbei's troops first. Five thousand Han troops boosted Cao's morale."

"The meaning of Zhou Mu is that the humble position should remain unchanged to deal with the enemy, and guard Anyang City without moving."

"I'm just guessing. I don't know the enemy's true intentions. It's better to defend, but the pontoon bridge needs to strengthen the defense. If the situation is not good, you can give up Anyang and retreat at any time!"

Liao Hua clasped his fists and said, "I understand, I also ask Zhou Mu to go back to the south bank immediately."

Liu Jing got on his horse, and under the guard of hundreds of personal soldiers, he ran out of the city gate and walked along the floating bridge to the south bank.

The vanguard of the [-] Cao army quickly reached Anyang City under the leadership of General Jin. Indeed, as Liu Jing guessed, Cao Jun's purpose was to wipe out the [-] Han army in Anyang City, and use the victory in the first battle to boost morale. Just the vanguard, whose mission is to burn down the pontoon bridge.

Behind Yu Jin, three thousand Cao Jun cavalry were ready. Once the Han army in the city left the city to fight fiercely with Cao Jun, Cao Jun would quickly kill them and cooperate with the Jin army to annihilate the Han army.

At this time, Yu Jin led [-] Cao troops and had already approached the first pontoon bridge of the Han army. It was located one mile east of Anyang City and was guarded by [-] soldiers. Follow Cao Jun to kill slowly.

The five thousand Cao troops led by Yu Jin have been arranged in an attack formation, and one thousand soldiers holding large shields are lined up in two rows, forming a shield wall and slowly advancing forward. Behind the sword and shield army are a thousand crossbowmen, and behind them are three thousand Spearman.

Yu Jin was among the crossbowmen, he waved his saber and shouted: "Press it up, destroy the pontoon bridge!"

With the sound of Cao Jun's war drums rumbling, Cao Jun began to run. Five hundred defenders shot arrows into Cao Jun's formation. Overwhelmed by the first round of shooting by the crossbowmen of the Han army, less than 20 people were hit by the arrows.

At the same time, Cao Jun's crossbowmen also began to shoot arrows, and the overwhelming arrows shot towards the bunker at the bridgehead, pressing down the five hundred Han troops. Seeing Cao Jun getting closer, the Han Junjun shouted, "Retreat! "

The five hundred Han troops at the bridge head left the bunker one after another and ran southward along the pontoon bridge. A dozen people running behind were shot by random arrows and fell to the ground screaming. The first pontoon bridge, and soon, a raging fire was burning on the pontoon bridge, and thick smoke billowed.

On the top of the city, Liao Hua stared at the burnt pontoon bridge in the distance. Seeing Cao Jun turning around and attacking the second pontoon bridge again, he tightened his grip on the handle of his knife. But whether to attack or retreat, Liao Hua couldn't make up his mind for a while.

At this moment, scout cavalry Wang Xing rushed back from the north again, and shouted under the city: "Quickly report to General Liao, there is an urgent enemy situation!"

Liao Hua walked quickly to the top of the city, probed and asked, "What did you find?"

"I found that the main force of Cao's army, about [-] people, is coming here in a mighty way, and it is less than [-] miles away."

Liao Hua was taken aback. When he turned his head, Cao Jun had already occupied the second pontoon bridge. The situation was extremely critical. Liao Hua immediately ordered, "Get out of the city immediately and evacuate to the south bank!"